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This research work extends the fixed interval smoothing based on the joint integrated track splitting (FIsJITS) filter in the multi-maneuvering-targets (MMT) tracking environment. We contribute to tackling unknown dynamics of the multi-maneuvering-targets (MMT) using the standard kinematic model. This work is referred to as smoothing MMT using the JITS (MMT-sJITS). The existing FIsJITS algorithm is computationally more complex to solve for the MMT situation because it enumerates a substantial number of measurement-to-track assignments and calculates their posteriori probabilities globally. The MMT-sJITS updates a current target track by assuming the joint (common) measurements detected by neighbor tracks are modified clutters (or pretended spurious measurements). Thus, target measurement concealed by a joint measurement is optimally estimated based on measurement density of the modified clutter. This reduces computational complexity and provides improved tracking performance. The MMT-sJITS generates forward tracks and backward tracks using the measurements collected by a sensor such as a radar. The forward and backward multi-tracks state predictions are fused to obtain priori smoothing multi-track state prediction, as well as their component existence probabilities. This calculates the smoothing estimate required to compute the forward JITS state estimate, which reinforces the MMT tracking efficiently. Monte Carlo simulation is used to verify best false-track discrimination (FTD) analysis in comparison with existing multi-targets tracking algorithms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The increased trend toward multisensor target tracking system is driving an interest for distributed tracks fusion algorithm. In such a system, local tracks formed by each sensor may arrive in the fusion center with temporal out-of-sequence because of different sensor data processing time and random communication delay, moreover, the priori information on the origins of tracks to be fused is usually unknown due to clutter disturbance and presence of multitargets. This paper considers the problem of fusing out-of-sequence tracks (OOSTs) with track origin uncertainty in a distributed fusion setup, and proposes a novel all neighbor fusion-integrated forward prediction fusion and decorrelation (ANF-IFPFD) method. The proposed ANF-IFPFD enumerates and probabilistically evaluates all feasible track-to-track association events, and fuses the central tracks with extracted information purely contributed by the local OOSTs through an information decorrelation process. Furthermore, it enables to operate the false track discrimination (FTD) in the fusion center by using the fused probability of target existence as a track quality measure. Additionally, two implementation configurations of the proposed ANF-IFPFD method are also designed to provide a trade-off between the tracking performance and the system communication bandwidth consumption. Monte Carlo simulations are carried out to validate the superiority of the proposed ANF-IFPFD over the enhanced state-of-art methods, in terms of both tracking performance and also computation-storage requirement. Compared to the configuration without any information feedback, the partial information feedback configuration of the ANF-IFPFD method is verified to deliver intensive improvements for both local tracking and tracks fusing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Target detection and tracking is important in military as well as in civilian applications. In order to detect and track high-speed incoming threats, modern surveillance systems are equipped with multiple sensors to overcome the limitations of single-sensor based tracking systems. This research proposes the use of information from RADAR and Infrared sensors (IR) for tracking and estimating target state dynamics. A new technique is developed for information fusion of the two sensors in a way that enhances performance of the data association algorithm. The measurement acquisition and processing time of these sensors is not the same; consequently the fusion center measurements arrive out of sequence. To ensure the practicality of system, proposed algorithm compensates the Out of Sequence Measurements (OOSMs) in cluttered environment. This is achieved by a novel algorithm which incorporates a retrodiction based approach to compensate the effects of OOSMs in a modified Bayesian technique. The proposed modification includes a new gating strategy to fuse and select measurements from two sensors which originate from the same target. The state estimation performance is evaluated in terms of Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE) for both position and velocity, whereas, track retention statistics are evaluated to gauge the performance of the proposed tracking algorithm. The results clearly show that the proposed technique improves track retention and and false track discrimination (FTD). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In target tracking environments using over-the-horizon radar (OTHR), one target may generate multiple detections through different signal propagation paths. Trackers need to jointly handle the uncertainties stemming from both measurement origin and measurement path. Traditional multitarget tracking algorithms suffer from high computational loads in such environments since they need to enumerate all possible joint measurement-to-track assignments considering the measurements paths unless they employ some approximations regarding the measurements and their corresponding paths. In this paper, we propose a novel algorithm, named multi-path linear multitarget integrated probabilistic data association (MP-LM-IPDA), to efficiently track multitarget in multiple detection environments. Instead of generating all possible joint assignments, MP-LM-IPDA calculates the modulated clutter measurement density for each measurement cell of each track. The modulated clutter measurement density considers the possibility that the measurement cells originate from the clutter as well as from other potential targets. By incorporating the modulated clutter measurement density, the single target tracking structure can be applied for multitarget tracking, which significantly reduces the computational load. The simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed algorithm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]