The effect of noise-only tracks on the performance of a combined detection and tracking algorithm
Rodney Lynn Kirlin, B.H. Maranda · IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems · 1997
The effect of the number of noise-only tracks is examined for a combined detection and tracking algorithm. Specifically we find the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) required to ensure that the track containing the target produces the maximum integrator output with a given probability P/sub c/ when the number of noise-only tracks is allowed to vary over many orders of magnitude. We use numerical integration and a function solver in MATLAB to evaluate the formulas derived. The SNR required for large track trials is more modest than might be thought; in fact, it is found that for P/sub c/=0.99, the required SNR increases only 2 dB as the number of noise-only tracks increases from 10/sup 2/ to 10/sup 7/.