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Target Tracking in Environments of Rapidly Changing Clutter

abstract: Tracking targets in the presence of clutter is inevitable, and presents many challenges. Additionally, rapid, drastic changes in clutter density between different environments or scenarios can make it even more difficult for tracking algorithms to adapt. A novel approach to target tracking in such dynamic clutter environments is proposed using a particle filter (PF) integrated with Interacting Multiple Models (IMMs) to compensate and adapt to the transition between different clutter densities. This model was implemented for the case of a monostatic sensor tracking a single target moving with constant velocity along a two-dimensional trajectory, which crossed between regions of drastically different clutter densities. Multiple combinations of clutter density transitions were considered, using up to three different clutter densities. It was shown that the integrated IMM PF algorithm outperforms traditional approaches such as the PF in terms of tracking results and performance. The minimal additional computational expense of including the IMM more than warrants the benefits of having it supplement and amplify the advantages of the PF. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Electrical Engineering 2015

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:29894
Date January 2015
ContributorsDutson, Karl J (Author), Papandreou-Suppappola, Antonia (Advisor), Kovvali, Narayan (Committee member), Bliss, Daniel W (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher)
Source SetsArizona State University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeMasters Thesis
Format67 pages
Rightshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/, All Rights Reserved

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