Automatic detection and radar data processing / editd by D. Curtis Schleher.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schleher, D. Curtis, 1932-

Series:

Artech radar library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radar--Automatic detection.

Radar.

Track-while-scan radar.

Physical Description:

636 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Dedham, MA : Artech House, [1980]

Contents:

Outline of Detection Theory 19

Outline of Estimation theory 75

Section 1 Adaptive Threshold CFAR Processors 99

1.1 "Adaptive Detection Mode with Threshold Control as a Function of Spatially Sampled Clutter Level Estimates"/ H.M. Finn and R.S. Johnson, RCA Review, Volume 29, No. 3, September 1968, pp. 414-464 103

1.2 "Detection Performance of a Mean-Level Threshold"/ B.O. Steenson, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. AES-4, No. 4, July 1968, pp. 529-534 155

1.3 "Recursive Methods for Computing Detection Probabilities"/ R.L. Mitchell and J.F. Walker, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. AES-7, No. 4, July 1971, pp. 671-676 161

1.4 "Detection Performance of the Cell Averaging LOG/CFAR Receiver"/ V.G. Hansen and H. Ward, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. AES-8, No. 5, September 1972, pp. 648-652 167

1.5 "False-Alarm Regulation in Log-Normal and Weibull Clutter"/ G.B. Goldstein, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. AES-9, No. 1, January 1973, pp. 84-92 173

1.6 "Constant-False-Alarm-Rate Processors for Locally Nonstationary Clutter"/ R. Nitzberg, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. AES-9, No. 3, May 1973, pp. 399-405 183

1.7 "Constant False Alarm Rate Processing in Search Radars"/ V.G. Hansen, IEE Conference Publication No. 105, "Radar

Present and Future," London, Oct. 23-25, 1973, pp. 325-332 191

1.8 "Mean-Level Detection of Nonfluctuating Signals"/ G.M. Dillard, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. AES-10, No. 6, November 1974, pp. 795-799 199

Section 2 Nonparametric CFAR Processors 205

2.1 "Nonparametric Detection"/ J.B. Thomas, Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 58, No. 5, May 1970, pp. 623-631 209

2.2 "On Nonparametric Signal Detectors"/ J.W. Carlyle and J.B. Thomas, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. IT-10, No. 2, April 1964, pp. 146-152 219

2.3 "Nonparametric Detection of a Signal of Known Form in Additive Noise"/ R.F. Daly and C.K. Rushforth, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. IT-11, No. 1, January 1965, pp. 70-76 227

2.4 "Detection Performance of Some Nonparametric Rank Tests and an Application to Radar"/ V.G. Hansen, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. IT-16, No. 3, May 1970, pp. 309-318 235

2.5 "A Practical Distribution-Free Detection Procedure for Multiple-Range-Bin Radars"/ G.M. Dillard and C.E. Antoniak, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. AES-6, No. 5, September 1970, pp. 629-635 245

2.6 "Nonparametric Radar Extraction Using a Generalized Sign Test"/ V.G. Hansen and B.A. Olsen, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. AES-7, No. 5, September 1971, pp. 942-950 253

2.7 "Performance of a Two-Sample Mann-Whitney Nonparametric Detector in a Radar Application"/ G.W. Zeoli and T.S. Fong, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. AES-7, No. 5, September 1971, pp. 951-959 263

2.8 "Detection Performance of the Narrow-Band Wilcoxon Detector Against Gaussian Noise"/ V.G. Hansen, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. IT-18, No. 5, September 1972, pp. 664-667 273

2.9 "Small- and Large-Sample Behavior of Two Detectors Against Envelope-Detected Sea Clutter"/ G.V. Trunk, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. IT-16, No. 1, January 1970, pp. 95-99 277

2.10 "Modified Generalized Sign Test Processor for 2-D Radar"/ G.V. Trunk, B.H. Cantrell and F.D. Queen, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. AES-10, No. 5, September 1974, pp. 574-582 281

2.11 "An Examination of Radar Signal Processing via Non-Parametric Techniques"/ L.E. Vogel, W.S. Reid and P.E. Steichen, IEEE International Radar Conference, Washington, D.C., April 1975, pp. 533-537 291

Section 3 Nonlinear Receivers 297

3.1 "An Analysis of the Detection of Repeated Signals in Noise by Binary Integration"/ J.V. Harrington, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. IT-1, No. 1, March 1955, pp. 1-9 301

3.2 "Optimum Thresholds for Binary Integration"/ R. Worley, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. IT-14, No. 2, March 1968, pp. 349-353 311

3.3 "A Moving-Window Detector for Binary Integration"/ G.M. Dillard, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. IT-13, No. 1, January 1967, pp. 2-6 317

3.4 "Performance Data for a Double-Threshold Detection Radar"/ J.F. Walker, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. AES-7, No. 1, January 1971, pp. 142-146 323

3.5 "Correlated Clutter and Resultant Properties of Binary Signals"/ A.J. Bogush, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. AES-9, No. 2, March 1973, pp. 208-213 329

3.6 "Clutter on Radar Displays - Reduction by use of Logarithmic Receivers"/ J. Croney, Wireless Engineer 33, No. 4, April 1956, pp. 83-95 335

3.7 "Radar Detection Probability with Logarithmic Detectors"/ B.A. Green, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. IT-4, No. 1, March 1958, pp. 50-52 349

3.8 "Studies of Logarithmic Radar Receiver Using Pulse Length Discrimination"/ V.G. Hansen, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. AES-1, No. 3, December 1965, pp. 246-253 353

3.9 "Detection Performance of Logarithmic Receivers Employing Video Integrators"/ D.C. Schleher, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. AES-15, No. 6, November 1979, pp. 831-839 361

3.10 "Median Detector for Noncoherent Distributions"/ G.V. Trunk, NRL Report 6898, May 1969, pp. 1-16 369

3.11 "The Detection Performance of the Siebert and Dicke-Fix CFAR Radar Detectors"/ V.G. Hansen and A.J. Zottl, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. AES-7, No. 4, July 1971, pp. 706-709 385

Section 4 Scanning Radar Detectors 389

4.1 "An Analysis of the Performance of Weighted Integrators"/ D.S. Palmer and D.C. Cooper, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. IT-10, No. 4, October 1964, pp. 296-302 391

4.2 "Performance of the Analog Moving Window Detector"/ V.G. Hansen, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. AES-6, No. 2, March 1970, pp. 173-179 399

4.3 "Detection Results for Scanning Radars Employing Feedback Integration"/ G.V. Trunk, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. AES-6, No. 4, July 1970, pp. 522-527 407

4.4 "Comparison of Two Scanning Radar Detectors: The Moving Window and the Feedback Integrator"/ G.V. Trunk, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. AES-7, No. 2, March 1971, pp. 395-398 413

4.5 "Angular Accuracy of a Scanning Radar Employing a Two-Pole Filter"/ B.H. Cantrell and G.V. Trunk, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. AES-9, No. 5, September 1973, pp. 649-653. Correction Vol. AES-10, No. 6, November 1974, pp. 878-880 417

4.6 "Sliding Window Detection Probabilities"/ F.R. Castella, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. AES-12, No. 6, November 1976, pp. 815-819 425

Section 5 Detection in Non-Gaussian Clutter 431

5.1 "The Weibull Distribution Applied to the Ground Clutter Backscatter Coefficient"/ R.R. Boothe, U.S. Army Missile Command, Report No. RE-TR-69-15, June 1969, AD 691-109, pp. 1-19 435

5.2 "Non-Rayleigh Sea Clutter: Properties and Detection of Targets"/ G.V. Trunk, NRL Report 7986, June 1976, pp. 1-81 451

5.3 "Radar Detection in Log-Normal Clutter"/ D.C. Schleher, IEEE International Radar Conference, Washington, D.C., April 1975, pp. 262-267 533

5.4 "Radar Detection in Weibull Clutter"/ D.C. Schleher, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. AES-12, No. 6, November 1976, pp. 736-743. Correction Vol. AES-13, No. 4, July 1977, p. 435 537

5.5 "Harbor Surveillance Radar Detection Performance"/ D.C. Schleher, IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, Vol. OE-2, No. 4, October 1977, pp. 318-325 547

Section 6 Radar Track-While-Scan Systems 555

6.1 "Synthesis of an Optimal Set of Radar Track-While-Scan Smoothing Equations"/ T.R. Benedict and G.W. Bordner, IRE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. AC-7, No. 4, July 1962, pp. 27-32 561

6.2 "Estimating Optimal Tracking Filter Performance for Manned Maneuvering Targets"/ R.A. Singer, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. AES-6, No. 4, July 1970, pp.

473-483 567

6.3 "Real-Time Tracking Filter Evaluation and Selection for Tactical Applications"/ R.A. Singer and K. Behnke, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. AES-7, No. 1, January 1971, pp. 100-110 579

6.4 "Derivation and Evaluation of Improved Tracking Filters for use in Dense Multitarget Environments"/ R.A. Singer, R.G. Sea and K.B. Housewright, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. IT-20, No. 4, July 1974, pp. 423-432 591

6.5 "Tracking and Associated Problems"/ A. Quigley, IEE Conference on Radar

Present and Future, London, October 1973, pp. 352-359 601

6.6 "Performance of g-h Filter for Tracking Maneuvering Targets"/ B. Bhagavan and R. Polge, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. AES-10, No. 6, November 1974, pp. 864-866 609

6.7 "Analytical Results for the x, y Kalman Tracking Filter"/ F.R. Castella and F.G. Dunnebacke, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. AES-10, No. 6, November 1974, pp. 891-895 613

6.8 "Tracking Filters for Multiple-Platform Radar Integration"/ G.V. Trunk and J.D. Wilson, NRL Report 8087, December 1976, pp. 1-15 619

References for the Outline of Detection Theory 634.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0890060886

OCLC:

6421589