Title
Integration of Bayes detection with target tracking
Abstract
Existing detection systems generally are operated using a fixed threshold and optimized to the Neyman-Pearson criterion. An alternative is Bayes detection, in which the threshold varies according to the ratio of prior probabilities. In a recursive target tracker such as the probabilistic data association filter (PDAF), such priors are available in the form of a predicted location and associated covariance; however, the information is not at present made available to the detector. Put another way, in a standard detection/tracking implementation, information flows only one way: from detector to tracker. Here, we explore the idea of two-way information flow, in which the tracker instructs the detector where to look for a target, and the detector returns what it has found, more specifically, we show that the Bayesian detection threshold is lowered in the vicinity of the predicted measurement, and we explain the appropriate modification to the PDAF. The implementation is simple, and the performance is remarkably good
Year
DOI
Venue
2001
10.1109/78.890334
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
Keywords
Field
DocType
fixed threshold,recursive target tracker,bayes detection,appropriate modification,detection system,standard detection,bayesian detection threshold,two-way information flow,target tracking,neyman-pearson criterion,detector return,artificial intelligence,signal detection,bayesian methods,performance,covariance analysis,information flow,probability,signal to noise ratio,detectors,matched filters,gaussian distribution,covariance
Pattern recognition,Detection theory,Artificial intelligence,Prior probability,Detector,Analysis of covariance,Recursion,Mathematics,Bayesian probability,Bayes' theorem,Covariance
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
49
1
1053-587X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
25
2.30
2
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Peter Willett11962224.14
R. Niu2885.61
Y. Bar-Shalom335780.17