Highlights Paper proposes a variation of the GM-PHD filter which incorporates an uncertainty in the probability of detection in the space environment. The proposed method is validated with Monte Carlo simulations and it seen that the performance of the proposed method is similar to Monte Carlo methodology but with much less computational cost.

    Abstract The space around the earth is becoming increasingly populated. Efficient tracking algorithms are hence integral to protect active space assets from collisions. Ground-based measurements are the primary source of information for any tracking algorithm. Multi-Target Tracking (MTT) algorithms use the measurements to jointly estimate the number of objects and their states in a surveillance scene. MTT has mainly been developed by two approaches: the track-based approach and the population-based approach. Population-based approaches are formulated using Finite Set Statistics (FISST) and have been widely researched in the past decade. A critical component of the population-based algorithms is the probability of detection ( p D ), which determines how likely it is that a measurement can be obtained from an object. p D is usually modeled as a constant quantity, when it is exactly known. This assumption is not valid in the space environment, where p D depends on the state of the object, the object’s attitude and the materials used to make it. Such information is often vague or unknown for space objects. This research focuses on designing a p D model that takes into account the state dependency of p D and, most importantly, the uncertainty in p D . The MTT algorithm considered in this work is the Gaussian Mixture Probability Hypothesis Density (GM-PHD) filter. A variation of GM-PHD filter that incorporates the uncertainty and the state dependency of p D is developed and validated in this work. Results are validated via simulations of an orbital tracking scenario.


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    Titel :

    Probability hypothesis density filter with uncertainty in the probability of detection


    Beteiligte:

    Erschienen in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 67 , 5 ; 1437-1453


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2020-11-30


    Format / Umfang :

    17 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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