scholarly journals Kalman filter aided target density function for radar imaging

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (19) ◽  
pp. 5602-5604 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ridvan Firat Cinar ◽  
Fatih Kocadag ◽  
Askin Demirkol

In the case of low noise levels the optimal probability density function summarizing the available information about the state of a system can be accurately approximated by the product of a gaussian function and a linear function. The approximation preserves the ability to estimate to an accuracy of O ( λ -2 ) the expected value of any twice continuously differentiable function defined on the state space. The parameter λ depends on the noise level. If the noise level in the system is low then λ is large. A new filtering method based on this approximation is described. The approximating function is updated recursively as the system evolves with time, and as new measurements of the system state are obtained. The updates preserve the ability to estimate the expected values of functions to an accuracy of O ( λ -2 ). The new filter does not store previous measurements or previous approximations to the optimal probability density function. The new filter is called the asymptotic filter, because the definition of the filter and the analysis of its properties are based on the theory of asymptotic expansion of integrals of Laplace type. An analysis of the state propagation equations shows that the asymptotic filter performs better than a particular widely used suboptimal approximation to the optimal filter, the extended Kalman filter. The extended Kalman filter does not, in general, preserve the ability to estimate expected values to an accuracy of O ( λ -2 ). The computational cost of the asymptotic filter is comparable to that of the iterated extended Kalman filter.


Complexity ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Hongjian Wang ◽  
Ying Wang ◽  
Cun Li ◽  
Juan Li ◽  
Qing Li ◽  
...  

The Gaussian mixture filter can solve the non-Gaussian problem of target tracking in complex environment by the multimode approximation method, but the weights of the Gaussian component of the conventional Gaussian mixture filter are only updated with the arrival of the measurement value in the measurement update stage. When the nonlinear degree of the system is high or the measurement value is missing, the weight of the Gauss component remains unchanged, and the probability density function of the system state cannot be accurately approximated. To solve this problem, this paper proposes an algorithm to update adaptive weights for the Gaussian components of a Gaussian mixture cubature Kalman filter (CKF) in the time update stage. The proposed method approximates the non-Gaussian noise by splitting the system state, process noise, and observation noise into several Gaussian components and updates the weight of the Gaussian components in the time update stage. The method contributes to obtaining a better approximation of the posterior probability density function, which is constrained by the substantial uncertainty associated with the measurements or ambiguity in the model. The estimation accuracy of the proposed algorithm was analyzed using a Taylor expansion. A series of extensive trials was performed to assess the estimation precision corresponding to various algorithms. The results based on the data pertaining to the lake trial of an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) demonstrated the superiority of the proposed algorithm in terms of its better accuracy and stability compared to those of conventional tracking algorithms, along with the associated reasonable computational time that could satisfy real-time tracking requirements.


2018 ◽  
Vol 160 ◽  
pp. 02008
Author(s):  
Xiong Zhenkai ◽  
Li Fanying ◽  
Zhang Lei

Aiming at the model adaptability and the filter precision on the maneuvering target on-axis tracking, The paper put forward a filter algorithm based on modified current statistical model. The algorithm can enhance the model adaptability to the weak and non-maneuvering maneuvering target. The method uses Unscented Kalman Filter to obtain the importance density function of each particle, improves the Particle Filter estimation performance.By applying the proposed algorithm to the on-axis tracking system, the simulation results demonstrate that algorithm can effectively improve filter performance and tracking precision.


Author(s):  
David Cockayne ◽  
David McKenzie

The technique of Electron Reduced Density Function (RDF) analysis has ben developed into a rapid analytical tool for the analysis of small volumes of amorphous or polycrystalline materials. The energy filtered electron diffraction pattern is collected to high scattering angles (currendy to s = 2 sinθ/λ = 6.5 Å-1) by scanning the selected area electron diffraction pattern across the entrance aperture to a GATAN parallel energy loss spectrometer. The diffraction pattern is then converted to a reduced density function, G(r), using mathematical procedures equivalent to those used in X-ray and neutron diffraction studies.Nearest neighbour distances accurate to 0.01 Å are obtained routinely, and bond distortions of molecules can be determined from the ratio of first to second nearest neighbour distances. The accuracy of coordination number determinations from polycrystalline monatomic materials (eg Pt) is high (5%). In amorphous systems (eg carbon, silicon) it is reasonable (10%), but in multi-element systems there are a number of problems to be overcome; to reduce the diffraction pattern to G(r), the approximation must be made that for all elements i,j in the system, fj(s) = Kji fi,(s) where Kji is independent of s.


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