In the tracking problem for the maritime radiation source by a passive sensor,there are three main difficulties,i.e.,the poor observability of the radiation source,the detection uncertainty(false and missed detections...In the tracking problem for the maritime radiation source by a passive sensor,there are three main difficulties,i.e.,the poor observability of the radiation source,the detection uncertainty(false and missed detections)and the uncertainty of the target appearing/disappearing in the field of view.These difficulties can make the establishment or maintenance of the radiation source target track invalid.By incorporating the elevation information of the passive sensor into the automatic bearings-only tracking(BOT)and consolidating these uncertainties under the framework of random finite set(RFS),a novel approach for tracking maritime radiation source target with intermittent measurement was proposed.Under the RFS framework,the target state was represented as a set that can take on either an empty set or a singleton; meanwhile,the measurement uncertainty was modeled as a Bernoulli random finite set.Moreover,the elevation information of the sensor platform was introduced to ensure observability of passive measurements and obtain the unique target localization.Simulation experiments verify the validity of the proposed approach for tracking maritime radiation source and demonstrate the superiority of the proposed approach in comparison with the traditional integrated probabilistic data association(IPDA)method.The tracking performance under different conditions,particularly involving different existence probabilities and different appearance durations of the target,indicates that the method to solve our problem is robust and effective.展开更多
The presence of array imperfection and mutual coupling in sensor arrays poses several challenges for development of effective algorithms for the direction-of-arrival （DOA） estimation problem in array processing. A c...The presence of array imperfection and mutual coupling in sensor arrays poses several challenges for development of effective algorithms for the direction-of-arrival （DOA） estimation problem in array processing. A correlation domain wideband DOA estimation algorithm without array calibration is proposed, to deal with these array model errors, using the arbitrary antenna array of omnidirectional elements. By using the matrix operators that have the memory and oblivion characteristics, this algorithm can separate the incident signals effectively. Compared with other typical wideband DOA estimation algorithms based on the subspace theory, this algorithm can get robust DOA estimation with regard to position error, gain-phase error, and mutual coupling, by utilizing a relaxation technique based on signal separation. The signal separation category and the robustness of this algorithm to the array model errors are analyzed and proved. The validity and robustness of this algorithm, in the presence of array model errors, are confirmed by theoretical analysis and simulation results.展开更多
This paper improves the resampling step of particle filtering（PF） based on a broad interactive genetic algorithm to resolve particle degeneration and particle shortage.For target tracking in image processing,this pa...This paper improves the resampling step of particle filtering（PF） based on a broad interactive genetic algorithm to resolve particle degeneration and particle shortage.For target tracking in image processing,this paper uses the information coming from the particles of the previous fame image and new observation data to self-adaptively determine the selecting range of particles in current fame image.The improved selecting operator with jam gene is used to ensure the diversity of particles in mathematics,and the absolute arithmetical crossing operator whose feasible solution space being close about crossing operation,and non-uniform mutation operator is used to capture all kinds of mutation in this paper.The result of simulating experiment shows that the algorithm of this paper has better iterative estimating capability than extended Kalman filtering（EKF）,PF,regularized partide filtering（RPF）,and genetic algorithm（GA）-PF.展开更多
基金Project(61101186)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘In the tracking problem for the maritime radiation source by a passive sensor,there are three main difficulties,i.e.,the poor observability of the radiation source,the detection uncertainty(false and missed detections)and the uncertainty of the target appearing/disappearing in the field of view.These difficulties can make the establishment or maintenance of the radiation source target track invalid.By incorporating the elevation information of the passive sensor into the automatic bearings-only tracking(BOT)and consolidating these uncertainties under the framework of random finite set(RFS),a novel approach for tracking maritime radiation source target with intermittent measurement was proposed.Under the RFS framework,the target state was represented as a set that can take on either an empty set or a singleton; meanwhile,the measurement uncertainty was modeled as a Bernoulli random finite set.Moreover,the elevation information of the sensor platform was introduced to ensure observability of passive measurements and obtain the unique target localization.Simulation experiments verify the validity of the proposed approach for tracking maritime radiation source and demonstrate the superiority of the proposed approach in comparison with the traditional integrated probabilistic data association(IPDA)method.The tracking performance under different conditions,particularly involving different existence probabilities and different appearance durations of the target,indicates that the method to solve our problem is robust and effective.
基金supported by the National "863" High Technology Research and Development Program of China(2007AA703428)
文摘The presence of array imperfection and mutual coupling in sensor arrays poses several challenges for development of effective algorithms for the direction-of-arrival （DOA） estimation problem in array processing. A correlation domain wideband DOA estimation algorithm without array calibration is proposed, to deal with these array model errors, using the arbitrary antenna array of omnidirectional elements. By using the matrix operators that have the memory and oblivion characteristics, this algorithm can separate the incident signals effectively. Compared with other typical wideband DOA estimation algorithms based on the subspace theory, this algorithm can get robust DOA estimation with regard to position error, gain-phase error, and mutual coupling, by utilizing a relaxation technique based on signal separation. The signal separation category and the robustness of this algorithm to the array model errors are analyzed and proved. The validity and robustness of this algorithm, in the presence of array model errors, are confirmed by theoretical analysis and simulation results.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61302145)
文摘This paper improves the resampling step of particle filtering（PF） based on a broad interactive genetic algorithm to resolve particle degeneration and particle shortage.For target tracking in image processing,this paper uses the information coming from the particles of the previous fame image and new observation data to self-adaptively determine the selecting range of particles in current fame image.The improved selecting operator with jam gene is used to ensure the diversity of particles in mathematics,and the absolute arithmetical crossing operator whose feasible solution space being close about crossing operation,and non-uniform mutation operator is used to capture all kinds of mutation in this paper.The result of simulating experiment shows that the algorithm of this paper has better iterative estimating capability than extended Kalman filtering（EKF）,PF,regularized partide filtering（RPF）,and genetic algorithm（GA）-PF.
