Accession Number:

ADA113076

Title:

Optimal Alpha-Beta Filtering for Tracking Reentry Vehicles from Shipboard Radars.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 15 Feb 81-15 Feb 82,

Corporate Author:

STATE UNIV OF NEW YORK AT BINGHAMTON DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

Personal Author(s):

• Vemuri,V.

Report Date:

1982-02-15

Pagination or Media Count:

31.0

Abstract:

An optimal filter, equivalent to Kalman filtering, is developed for tracking reentry vehicles from shipboard radars. This filter is simpler to implement than Kalman and is based on the idea of minimizing the mean squared error in the position of the reentry vehicle. Author

Descriptors:

• *RADAR TRACKING
• *REENTRY VEHICLES
• ADVANCED RANGE INSTRUMENTATION SHIPS
• SHIPBOARD
• DATA REDUCTION
• KALMAN FILTERING
• OPTIMIZATION
• COMPARISON
• DESCENT TRAJECTORIES
• ESTIMATES
• RECURSIVE FUNCTIONS
• COVARIANCE

Subject Categories:

• Guided Missile Reentry Vehicles
• Active and Passive Radar Detection and Equipment

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE