An overview is given of a Bayesian tracking system for a multi-sensor environment. The main modules perform track initiation, track continuation and systematic error estimation, respectively. The track continuation module plays for Air Traffic Control the most important role. It consists of a combination of those approximate Bayesian methods that proved to be the most efficient for the main problems of track continuation: Extended-Kalman filtering for nonlinear dynamics, Probabilistic Data Association for unassociated measurements and Interacting-Multiple-Model filtering for sudden maneuvers. Comparisons of this new tracking system with alpha-beta Kalman based and state-of-the-art tracking systems show its superiority for application to Air Traffic Control surveillance. It provides better track continuity, more accurate expectations of position and velocity and more complete additional information in the form of probabilities of modes of flight (turning, accelerating and straight modes) and consistent estimates of its own accuracy. With this track information, advanced Air Traffic Control systems may better cope with the many uncertainties that are inherent to air traffic.


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    Title :

    Bayesian Multi-Sensor Tracking for Advanced Air Traffic Control Systems


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    Publication date :

    1990


    Size :

    8 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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