학술논문

Variational Bayesian cardinalized probability hypothesis density filter for robust underwater multi-target direction-of-arrival tracking with uncertain measurement noise
Document Type
article
Source
Frontiers in Physics, Vol 11 (2023)
Subject
underwater multi-target direction-of-arrival tracking
cardinalized probability hypothesis density filter
uncertain measurement noise
variational Bayesian approach
adaptive tracking
Physics
QC1-999
Language
English
ISSN
2296-424X
Abstract
The direction-of-arrival (DOA) tracking of underwater targets is an important research topic in sonar signal processing. Considering that the underwater DOA tracking is a typical multi-target problem under unknown underwater environment with missing detection, false alarm, and uncertain measurement noise, a robust underwater multi-target DOA tracking method for uncertain measurement noise is proposed. First, a kinematic model of the multiple underwater targets and bearing angle measurement model with missing detection and false alarms are established. Then, the multi-target DOA tracking algorithm is derived by using the cardinalized probability hypothesis density (CPHD) filter, the performance of which largely depends on the accuracy of the parameter of measurement noise variance. In addition, the variational Bayesian approach is used to adaptively estimate the uncertain measurement of noise variance for each measurement of target in the real time of tracking. Thus, the robust underwater multi-target DOA tracking is carried out. Finally, comprehensive experimental validations and discussions are made to prove that the proposed algorithm can provide robust DOA tracking in the multi-target tracking scenario with uncertain measurement noise.