Kalman filtering approach to maritime targets tracking

Abstract

The paper presents a solution to the maritime target tracking problem based on 2D radar data. The characteristics of ship movements in a cluttered environment imply the application of complex filtering techniques to achieve a high accuracy estimation of motion parameters. An implementation of tracking procedures based on adaptive interactive multiple model (IMM) algorithms is considered to maintain moving-target tracks. A study of the IMM procedure filter is performed and illustrated by a simulated example of maritime target tracking.