Intelligence-aided multitarget tracking for urban operations - a case study: counter terrorism

T. Sathyan; K. Bharadwaj; A. Sinha; T. Kirubarajan

doi:10.1117/12.669409

10 May 2006 Intelligence-aided multitarget tracking for urban operations - a case study: counter terrorism

T. Sathyan, K. Bharadwaj, A. Sinha, T. Kirubarajan

Proceedings Volume 6201, Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense V; 62010M (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.669409
Event: Defense and Security Symposium, 2006, Orlando (Kissimmee), Florida, United States

Abstract

In this paper, we present a framework for tracking multiple mobile targets in an urban environment based on data from multiple sources of information, and for evaluating the threat these targets pose to assets of interest (AOI). The motivating scenario is one where we have to track many targets, each with different (unknown) destinations and/or intents. The tracking algorithm is aided by information about the urban environment (e.g., road maps, buildings, hideouts), and strategic and intelligence data. The tracking algorithm needs to be dynamic in that it has to handle a time-varying number of targets and the ever-changing urban environment depending on the locations of the moving objects and AOI. Our solution uses the variable structure interacting multiple model (VS-IMM) estimator, which has been shown to be effective in tracking targets based on road map information. Intelligence information is represented as target class information and incorporated through a combined likelihood calculation within the VS-IMM estimator. In addition, we develop a model to calculate the probability that a particular target can attack a given AOI. This model for the calculation of the probability of attack is based on the target kinematic and class information. Simulation results are presented to demonstrate the operation of the proposed framework on a representative scenario.

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T. Sathyan, K. Bharadwaj, A. Sinha, and T. Kirubarajan "Intelligence-aided multitarget tracking for urban operations - a case study: counter terrorism", Proc. SPIE 6201, Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense V, 62010M (10 May 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.669409

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