A novel application of the interacting multiple models (IMM) algorithm in which passive infrared sensors are fused for tracking a target maneuvering in three dimensions is discussed. More accurate models of target motion are proposed to improve performance. When the general models are used to describe the maneuvering periods, it is shown that the IMM behaviour is not satisfactory, in that the innovations associated with the different models do not discriminate between the corresponding target maneuvering regimes. The turning of the Markov chain transition matrix, i.e., a priori information, is then crucial to obtaining the correct ordering of the a posteriori regime probabilities. On the contrary, a more satisfactory behavior of the IMM algorithm is obtained by carefully selecting the target motion models in the different regimes.<>


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    Title :

    Tracking a 3D maneuvering target with passive sensors


    Contributors:
    Dufour, F. (author) / Mariton, M. (author)


    Publication date :

    1991-07-01


    Size :

    777838 byte




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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