MDL approach for multiple low-observable track initiation

Huimin Chen; Thiagalingam Kirubarajan; Yaakov Bar-Shalom; Krishna R. Pattipati

doi:10.1117/12.478528

7 August 2002 MDL approach for multiple low-observable track initiation

Huimin Chen, Thiagalingam Kirubarajan, Yaakov Bar-Shalom, Krishna R. Pattipati

Proceedings Volume 4728, Signal and Data Processing of Small Targets 2002; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.478528
Event: AeroSense 2002, 2002, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

In this paper the track initiation problem is formulated as multiple composite hypothesis testing using maximum likelihood estimation with probabilistic data association (ML-PDA), an algorithm known to work under very low SNR conditions. This algorithm does not have to make a decision as to which measurement is target originated. The hypothesis testing is based on the minimum description length (MDL) criterion. We first review some well-known approaches for statistical model selection and the advantage of the MDL criterion. Then we present an approximate penalty in accounting for the model complexity to simplify the calculation of MDL. Finally, we apply the MDL approach for the detection and initiation of tracks of incoming tactical ballistic missiles in the exo-atmospheric phase using a surface based electronically scanned array (ESA) radar. The targets are characterized by low SNR, which leads to low detection probability and high false alarm rate. The target acquisition problem is formulated using a batch of radar scans to detect the presence of up to two targets. The ML-PDA estimator is used to initiate the tracks assuming the target trajectories follow a deterministic state propagation. The approximate MDL criterion is used to determine the number of valid tracks in a surveillance region. The detector and estimator are shown to be effective even at 4.4\,dB average SNR in a resolution cell (at the end of the signal processing chain).

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Huimin Chen, Thiagalingam Kirubarajan, Yaakov Bar-Shalom, and Krishna R. Pattipati "MDL approach for multiple low-observable track initiation", Proc. SPIE 4728, Signal and Data Processing of Small Targets 2002, (7 August 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.478528

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