Accession Number:

ADA604137

Title:

Topics in Mitigating Radar Bias

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept. 1-30 Jan 2012

Corporate Author:

NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER DAHLGREN DIV VA WARFARE SYSTEMS DEPT

Personal Author(s):

• Serakos, Demetrios
• Gray, John E.
• Youssef, Hazim

Report Date:

2012-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

66.0

Abstract:

This report considers two topics in mitigating radar bias in target tracking. The first topic considers track estimates provided by two tracking systems of a single object. There is a relative bias, computed by the method of Levedahl or Brown, Weisman and Brock. Absolute bias for each system is computed by setting up and solving the estimation problem by a minimization approach. The second topic is the use of a reduced state filter designed to provide a least mean square state estimate while mitigating measurement bias. These two topics can be used together to address specific tracking problems of interest to the Navy.

Descriptors:

• *RADAR TRACKING
• BIAS
• RADAR TARGETS

Subject Categories:

• Operations Research
• Active and Passive Radar Detection and Equipment
• Target Direction, Range and Position Finding

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE