A spacecraft attitude estimation method based on electromagnetic vector sensors(EMVS)array is proposed,which employs the orthogonally constrained parallel factor(PARAFAC)algorithm and makes use of measurements of the ...A spacecraft attitude estimation method based on electromagnetic vector sensors(EMVS)array is proposed,which employs the orthogonally constrained parallel factor(PARAFAC)algorithm and makes use of measurements of the two-dimensional direction-of-arrival(2D-DOA)and polarization angles,aiming to address the issues of incomplete,asynchronous,and inaccurate third-party reference used for attitude estimation in spacecraft docking missions by employing the electromagnetic wave’s three-dimensional(3D)wave structure as a complete third-party reference.Comparative analysis with state-ofthe-art algorithms shows significant improvements in estimation accuracy and computational efficiency with this algorithm.Numerical simulations have verified the effectiveness and superiority of this method.A high-precision,reliable,and cost-effective method for rapid spacecraft attitude estimation is provided in this paper.展开更多
This paper links parallel factor（PARAFAC） analysis to the problem of nominal direction-of-arrival（DOA） estimation for coherently distributed（CD） sources and proposes a fast PARAFACbased algorithm by establishing...This paper links parallel factor（PARAFAC） analysis to the problem of nominal direction-of-arrival（DOA） estimation for coherently distributed（CD） sources and proposes a fast PARAFACbased algorithm by establishing the trilinear PARAFAC model.Relying on the uniqueness of the low-rank three-way array decomposition and the trilinear alternating least squares regression, the proposed algorithm achieves nominal DOA estimation and outperforms the conventional estimation of signal parameter via rotational technique CD（ESPRIT-CD） and propagator method CD（PM-CD）methods in terms of estimation accuracy. Furthermore, by means of the initialization via the propagator method, this paper accelerates the convergence procedure of the proposed algorithm with no estimation performance degradation. In addition, the proposed algorithm can be directly applied to the multiple-source scenario,where sources have different angular distribution shapes. Numerical simulation results corroborate the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed fast PARAFAC-based algorithm.展开更多
文摘A spacecraft attitude estimation method based on electromagnetic vector sensors(EMVS)array is proposed,which employs the orthogonally constrained parallel factor(PARAFAC)algorithm and makes use of measurements of the two-dimensional direction-of-arrival(2D-DOA)and polarization angles,aiming to address the issues of incomplete,asynchronous,and inaccurate third-party reference used for attitude estimation in spacecraft docking missions by employing the electromagnetic wave’s three-dimensional(3D)wave structure as a complete third-party reference.Comparative analysis with state-ofthe-art algorithms shows significant improvements in estimation accuracy and computational efficiency with this algorithm.Numerical simulations have verified the effectiveness and superiority of this method.A high-precision,reliable,and cost-effective method for rapid spacecraft attitude estimation is provided in this paper.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(6137116961601167)+2 种基金the Jiangsu Natural Science Foundation(BK20161489)the open research fund of State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves,Southeast University(K201826)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(NE2017103)
文摘This paper links parallel factor（PARAFAC） analysis to the problem of nominal direction-of-arrival（DOA） estimation for coherently distributed（CD） sources and proposes a fast PARAFACbased algorithm by establishing the trilinear PARAFAC model.Relying on the uniqueness of the low-rank three-way array decomposition and the trilinear alternating least squares regression, the proposed algorithm achieves nominal DOA estimation and outperforms the conventional estimation of signal parameter via rotational technique CD（ESPRIT-CD） and propagator method CD（PM-CD）methods in terms of estimation accuracy. Furthermore, by means of the initialization via the propagator method, this paper accelerates the convergence procedure of the proposed algorithm with no estimation performance degradation. In addition, the proposed algorithm can be directly applied to the multiple-source scenario,where sources have different angular distribution shapes. Numerical simulation results corroborate the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed fast PARAFAC-based algorithm.
基金National Science&Technology Pillar Program during the 12th Five-year Plan Period(2012BAC19B03)Ministry of water resources "948" project(201328)+2 种基金National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars(51325804)National Public Benefit(Environmental)Research Foundation(201109009)China Postdoctoral Science Fund Project(2012M520349)
