scholarly journals Rao and Wald Tests for Adaptive Detection in Partially Homogeneous Environment with a Diversely Polarized Antenna

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Chaozhu Zhang ◽  
Jing Zhang ◽  
Chengyuan Liu
Keyword(s):  
False Alarm ◽  
Wald Test ◽  
Detection Algorithm ◽  
Detection Performance ◽  
Adaptive Detection ◽  
Constant False Alarm Rate ◽  
Wald Tests ◽  
Probability Of False Alarm ◽  
Rao Test ◽  
Homogeneous Environment

This study considers Rao test and Wald test for adaptive detection based on a diversely polarized antenna (DPA) in partially homogeneous environment. The theoretical expressions for the probability of false alarm and detection are derived, and constant false alarm rate (CFAR) behaviour is remarked on. Furthermore, the monotonicities of detection probability of the two detectors are proved, and a polarization optimization detection algorithm to enhance the detection performance is proposed. The numerical simulations are conducted to attest to the validity of the above theoretical analysis and illustrate the improvement in the detection performance of the proposed optimization algorithm.

scholarly journals Robust Control for the Detection Threshold of CFAR Process in Cluttered Environments

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (14) ◽  
pp. 3904
Author(s):  
Jeong Hoon Shin ◽  
Youngjin Choi
Keyword(s):  
Robust Control ◽  
False Alarm ◽  
Detection Threshold ◽  
Detection Performance ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Constant False Alarm Rate ◽  
Cluttered Environments ◽  
Probability Of False Alarm ◽  
Feedback Structure ◽  
Improved Performance

The constant false alarm rate (CFAR) process is essential for target detection in radar systems. Although the detection performance of the CFAR process is normally guaranteed in noise-limited environments, it may be dramatically degraded in clutter-limited environments since the probabilistic characteristics for clutter are unknown. Therefore, sophisticated CFAR processes that suppress the effect of clutter can be used in actual applications. However, these methods have the fundamental limitation of detection performance because there is no feedback structure in terms of the probability of false alarm for determining the detection threshold. This paper presents a robust control scheme for adjusting the detection threshold of the CFAR process while estimating the clutter measurement density (CMD) that uses only the measurement sets over a finite time interval in order to adapt to time-varying cluttered environments, and the probability of target existence with finite measurement sets required for estimating CMD is derived. The improved performance of the proposed method was verified by simulation experiments for heterogeneous situations.

scholarly journals Performance Analysis of an Environmental Adaptive CFAR Detector

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sung Won Hong ◽  
Dong Seog Han
Keyword(s):  
Performance Analysis ◽  
False Alarm ◽  
False Alarm Rate ◽  
Computer Simulations ◽  
Mathematical Analysis ◽  
Detection Algorithm ◽  
Detection Performance ◽  
Constant False Alarm Rate ◽  
Sonar Systems

The constant false alarm rate (CFAR) is a detection algorithm that is generally used in radar or sonar systems, but its performance depends greatly on the environment. This means that the detection performance cannot be satisfied with only a single CFAR detector. This paper evaluates mathematically a proposed environmental adaptive (EA) CFAR detector. The proposed CFAR detector selects an optimal CFAR detector depending on the environment. Computer simulations validate the mathematical analysis and robustness of the detector in homogeneous and nonhomogeneous backgrounds.

scholarly journals Implementation of a Modified Faster R-CNN for Target Detection Technology of Coastal Defense Radar

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 1703
Author(s):  
He Yan ◽  
Chao Chen ◽  
Guodong Jin ◽  
Jindong Zhang ◽  
Xudong Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
False Alarm ◽  
False Alarm Rate ◽  
Target Detection ◽  
Real Data ◽  
Detection Performance ◽  
Detection Accuracy ◽  
Constant False Alarm Rate ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Detection Technology ◽  
Coastal Defense

The traditional method of constant false-alarm rate detection is based on the assumption of an echo statistical model. The target recognition accuracy rate and the high false-alarm rate under the background of sea clutter and other interferences are very low. Therefore, computer vision technology is widely discussed to improve the detection performance. However, the majority of studies have focused on the synthetic aperture radar because of its high resolution. For the defense radar, the detection performance is not satisfactory because of its low resolution. To this end, we herein propose a novel target detection method for the coastal defense radar based on faster region-based convolutional neural network (Faster R-CNN). The main processing steps are as follows: (1) the Faster R-CNN is selected as the sea-surface target detector because of its high target detection accuracy; (2) a modified Faster R-CNN based on the characteristics of sparsity and small target size in the data set is employed; and (3) soft non-maximum suppression is exploited to eliminate the possible overlapped detection boxes. Furthermore, detailed comparative experiments based on a real data set of coastal defense radar are performed. The mean average precision of the proposed method is improved by 10.86% compared with that of the original Faster R-CNN.

Adaptive detection of distributed targets in partially homogeneous environment with Rao and Wald tests

2012 ◽  
Vol 92 (4) ◽  
pp. 926-930 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chengpeng Hao ◽  
Xiaochuan Ma ◽  
Xiuqin Shang ◽  
Long Cai
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Detection ◽  
Wald Tests ◽  
Homogeneous Environment

scholarly journals Adjacent Infrared Multitarget Detection Using Robust Background Estimation

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sungho Kim ◽  
Kyung-Tae Kim
Keyword(s):  
False Alarm ◽  
False Alarm Rate ◽  
Target Detection ◽  
Detection Method ◽  
Detection Performance ◽  
Detection Methods ◽  
Constant False Alarm Rate ◽  
Cluttered Environments ◽  
Background Estimation ◽  
Cfar Detection

Small target detection is very important for infrared search and track (IRST) problems. Grouped targets are difficult to detect using the conventional constant false alarm rate (CFAR) detection method. In this study, a novel multitarget detection method was developed to identify adjacent or closely spaced small infrared targets. The neighboring targets decrease the signal-to-clutter ratio in hysteresis threshold-based constant false alarm rate (H-CFAR) detection, which leads to poor detection performance in cluttered environments. The proposed adjacent target rejection-based robust background estimation can reduce the effects of the neighboring targets and enhance the small multitarget detection performance in infrared images by increasing the signal-to-clutter ratio. The experimental results of the synthetic and real adjacent target sequences showed that the proposed method produces an upgraded detection rate with the same false alarm rate compared to the recent target detection methods (H-CFAR, Top-hat, and TDLMS).

scholarly journals Parameter Estimation and Target Detection of Phased-MIMO Radar Using Capon Estimator

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Syahfrizal Tahcfulloh ◽  
Muttaqin Hardiwansyah
Keyword(s):  
Parameter Estimation ◽  
False Alarm ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Multiple Input Multiple Output ◽  
Mimo Radar ◽  
Detection Performance ◽  
Probability Of Detection ◽  
Detection Accuracy ◽  
Adaptive Estimator ◽  
Probability Of False Alarm

Phased-Multiple Input Multiple Output (PMIMO) radar is multi-antenna radar that combines the main advantages of the phased array (PA) and the MIMO radars. The advantage of the PA radar is that it has a high directional coherent gain making it suitable for detecting distant and small radar cross-section (RCS) targets. Meanwhile, the main advantage of the MIMO radar is its high waveform diversity gain which makes it suitable for detecting multiple targets. The combination of these advantages is manifested by the use of overlapping subarrays in the transmit (Tx) array to improve the performance of parameters such as angle resolution and detection accuracy at amplitude and phase proportional to the maximum number of detectable targets. This paper derives a parameter estimation formula with Capon's adaptive estimator and evaluates it for the performance of these parameters. Likewise, derivation for expressions of detection performance such as the probability of false alarm and the probability of detection is also given. The effectiveness and validation of its performance are compared to conventional estimator for other types of radars in terms of the effect of the number of target angles, the RCS of targets, and variations in the number of subarrays at Tx of this radar. Meanwhile, the detection performance is evaluated based on the effect of Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) and the number of subarrays at Tx. The evaluation results of the estimator show that it is superior to the conventional estimator for estimating the parameters of this radar as well as the detection performance. Having no sidelobe makes this estimator strong against the influence of interference and jamming so that it is suitable and attractive for the design of radar systems. Root mean square error (RMSE) on magnitude detection from LS and Capon estimators were 0.033 and 0.062, respectively. Meanwhile, the detection performance for this radar has the probability of false alarm above 10-4 and the probability of detection of more than 99%.

scholarly journals Inhomogeneous Analysis of Novel Model of CFAR Approaches to Detect Two-Degrees of Freedom Partially-Correlated χ2-Targets

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 28-43
Author(s):  
Mohamed Bakry El-Mashade
Keyword(s):  
False Alarm ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Detection Threshold ◽  
Detection Performance ◽  
Closed Form Expression ◽  
False Alarms ◽  
Artificial Noise ◽  
Constant False Alarm Rate ◽  
Two Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Novel Strategy

Reliable and high performance radar systems have ubiquitous demand. The operation of such systems is affected by the presence of natural and artificial noise sources. One of the basic radar concepts is to decide whether the target is present or not. Meanwhile, the general objective of all radar detection schemes is to ensure that false alarms don't fluctuate randomly. Thus, to cope with an inhomogeneous changing clutter environment, it is beneficial to be able to detect both high- and low-fidelity targets while maintaining the rate of false alarm fixed. This calls for an adaptive thresholding strategy that vary the detection threshold as a function of the sensed environment, and most modern radars implement this approach automatically. The feature of constant false alarm rate (CFAR) activates the threshold in such a way that it becomes adaptive to the local clutter environment. Many alternatives have been proposed to achieve such demanded property. Owing to the diversity of the radar search environment (target multiplicity & clutter edges), there exists no universal CFAR procedure. This prompts the necessity to investigate the composite architecture as a novel strategy. The goal of this paper is to analyze the fusion of CA, OS, and TM processors in post-detection integration of M-pulses. The primary and outlying targets are assumed to obey χ 2 -distribution with two-degrees of freedom in their fluctuation. Closed-form expression is derived for the detection performance. Our simulation results show robust behavior of the new model in the absence as well as in the presence of outlying targets. In addition, a significant improvement of the detection performance of novel strategy over the individual CFAR detectors is noticed. Moreover, the outweighing, over Neyman-Pearson (N-P) detector, of the fusion model, in ideal background, is evidently demonstrated. This ability to obtain improved performance compared to existing models is the major contribution of this work.

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