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Locating, Classifying and Countering Agile Land Vehicles

With Applications to Command Architectures

  • Discusses applied estimation and prediction of terrestrial targets
  • Covers fusion of heterogeneous sensor types and tracking with non-temporal engagement constraints
  • Examines confidence that the target will be captured and motion analysis of land vehicles

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. A Model for Tracking and Classification

    • David D. Sworder, John E. Boyd
    Pages 1-35
  3. Target Location Using the Extended Kalman Filter

    • David D. Sworder, John E. Boyd
    Pages 37-66
  4. Tracking an Agile Target

    • David D. Sworder, John E. Boyd
    Pages 67-89
  5. Intercept and Target Prediction

    • David D. Sworder, John E. Boyd
    Pages 91-111
  6. Classification and Target Tempo

    • David D. Sworder, John E. Boyd
    Pages 113-140
  7. Assurance Regions on a Road Grid

    • David D. Sworder, John E. Boyd
    Pages 141-175
  8. Action Windows with Resource Limits

    • David D. Sworder, John E. Boyd
    Pages 177-199
  9. Serendipitous Events in Tracking and Classification

    • David D. Sworder, John E. Boyd
    Pages 201-234
  10. Deceiving a Classifier

    • David D. Sworder, John E. Boyd
    Pages 235-252
  11. The Gaussian Wavelet Estimator

    • David D. Sworder, John E. Boyd
    Pages 253-288
  12. Back Matter

    Pages 289-290

About this book

This book examines real-time target tracking and identification algorithms with a focus on tracking an agile target. The authors look at several problems in which the tradeoff of accuracy and confidence must be made. These issues are explored within the context of specific tracking scenarios chosen to illustrate the tradeoffs in a simple and direct manner. The text covers the Gaussian wavelet estimator (GWE) which has a flexible architecture that is able to fuse uncommon sensor combinations with non-temporal structural constraints.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dept. of ECE, UCSD, University of California, La Jolla, USA

    David D. Sworder

  • Cubic Defense Applications, San Diego, USA

    John E. Boyd

About the authors

Dave Sworder is a Professor of ECE at UCSD
John Boyd is the Chief Scientist, Information Systems for Cubic Defense Applications.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Locating, Classifying and Countering Agile Land Vehicles

  • Book Subtitle: With Applications to Command Architectures

  • Authors: David D. Sworder, John E. Boyd

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19431-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-19430-1Published: 07 August 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-35916-8Published: 15 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-19431-8Published: 28 July 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 290

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 161 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Signal, Image and Speech Processing, Multimedia Information Systems, Communications Engineering, Networks, Security Science and Technology

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eBook USD 39.99
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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 54.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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