Distributed Data Fusion for Network-Centric Operations

6	Essence of Distributed Target Tracking Track Fusion and Track Association Shozo Mori, Kuo-Chu Chang, and Chee-Yee Chong

CONTENTS

6.1    Introduction

6.2    Track Fusion

6.2.1    One-Time Track Fusion

6.2.1.1    One-Time Track Fusion Rules

6.2.1.2    Calculation of Cross-Covariance Matrix

6.2.1.3    Covariance Intersection Methods

6.2.1.4    Optimality of Track Fusion

6.2.1.5    Performance Comparison of One-Time Track Fusion Rules

6.2.2    Repeated Track Fusion

6.2.2.1    Repeated Track Fusion without Feedback

6.2.2.2    Repeated Track Fusion with Feedback

6.3    Track Association

6.3.1    Track Association Problem Definition

6.3.2    Track Association Metrics

6.3.3    Comparison of Track Association Metrics

6.4    Conclusions

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