Accession Number:

ADA279887

Title:

Improving Detection and Acquisition in Janus(A) Using the Pegasus Database

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis

Corporate Author:

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA

Personal Author(s):

• Dau, Frederick W., IV

Report Date:

1994-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

184.0

Abstract:

JanusA is a wargaming simulation in which opposing army forces interact within a pre-specified terrain database. The smallest unit of area in the terrain is 100 meters by 100 meters. Work is described which utilizes a one meter by one meter terrain database, allowing existing detection and acquisition algorithms to become more dynamic and more realistic. Development of a line of sight algorithm used to incorporate the higher resolution database is discussed. The resulting algorithm is demonstrated in a simulation of a target moving through obstructions contained within a limited terrain described by the one meter database. Target detection, Terrain database, Target acquisition, Line of sight, Janus, Pegasus.

Descriptors:

• *COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
• *LINE OF SIGHT
• *WAR GAMES
• *TARGET ACQUISITION
• *TARGET DETECTION
• COMPUTER PROGRAMS
• THESES
• TARGETS
• ARMY
• TERRAIN MODELS
• VISION
• FORTRAN
• HIGH RESOLUTION
• TERRAIN
• DYNAMICS
• DATA BASES
• ALGORITHMS

Subject Categories:

• Computer Programming and Software
• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE