Simulated performance evaluation of a selective tracker through random scenario generation

  • Authors:
  • Dil Muhammad Akbar Hussain;Zaki Ahmed

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Aalborg University, Esbjerg, Denmark;School of Electronic, Communication and Electrical Engineering, University of Hertfordshire, Herts, United Kingdom

  • Venue:
  • IMCAS'06 Proceedings of the 5th WSEAS international conference on Instrumentation, measurement, circuits and systems
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

The paper presents a simulation study on the performance of a target tracker using selective track splitting filter algorithm through a random scenario implemented on a digital signal processor. In a typical track splitting filter all the observation which fall inside a likelihood ellipse are used for update, however, in our proposed selective track splitting filter less number of observations are used for track update. Much of the previous performance work [1] has been done on specific (deterministic) scenarios. One of the reasons for considering the specific scenarios, which were normally crossing targets, was to test the efficiency of the track splitting algorithm for different situations. However this approach only gives a measure of performance for a specific, possibly unrealistic, scenario and it was felt appropriate to develop procedures that would enable a more general performance assessment. Therefore, a random target motion scenario is adopted. Its implementation in particular for testing the proposed selective track splitting algorithm using Kalman filters is investigated through a number of performance parameters which gives the activity profile of the tracking scenario. This kind of performance evaluation can provide a guide line for developing appropriate tracking systems of various categories.