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Realistic extended target model for track before detect in maritime surveillance
(CMRE, 2019/06)Traditional target tracking algorithms are generally fed a set of thresholded detections under the hypothesis that no more than one detection is generated by each single target. Improvements in modern radar systems have ... -
Realistic ship model for extended target tracking algorithms
(CMRE, 2019/06)Recent developments in high resolution sensors have encouraged the use of Extended Target Tracking (ETT) algorithms specifically designed to deal with targets that generate more than one detection per frame. At the same ... -
Receiving and transmitting acoustic systems for AUV/gliders
(NURC, 2009/12)NURC in the past years have focused its research on the use of AUV and more recently on gliders and is now developing littoral autonomous sensing networks based onthose sensors to perform missions such as mine warfare, ... -
Recent technological advances in underwater autonomy
(2019/05)Underwater Unmanned systems (or more precisely systems of systems) will definitely play an important role in future maritime surveillance and environmental data collection. For many years, the NATO Centre for Maritime ... -
Redesigning the SLOCUM glider for torpedo tube launching
(NURC, 2012/04)Launching gliders from a submarine torpedo tube is of special interest for military operations. This is not currently possible because the wing span needed to achieve a good gliding performance is twice the standard diameter ... -
A relocatable EnKF ocean data assimilation tool for heterogeneous observational networks
(CMRE, 2019/06)This study investigates the performance of a multivariate Ensemble Kalman Filter coupled with a relocatable limited-area configuration of the Regional Ocean Modeling System to predict ocean states by assimilating a ... -
Review of target strength information for waterside security applications
(NURC, 2008)Estimates of the target strength of objects, such as for example scuba tanks and swimmer delivery vehicles, are parameters of interest in all phases of the design of waterside security systems. Results of numerical target ... -
A robust, opportunistic clock synchronization algorithm for ad hoc underwater acoustic networks
(CMRE, 2019/06)The proliferation of deployed sea-going autonomous platforms, such as autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), unmanned surface vehicles (USV), and sensor nodes anchored to the seabed, makes the deployment of true underwater ... -
Scalable adaptive multitarget tracking using multiple sensors
(CMRE, 2019/06)In networked mobile multitarget tracking systems, parameters such as detection probabilities, clutter rates, and motion model parameters are often unknown and time-varying. Such parameter variability can seriously degrade ... -
A scalable algorithm for tracking an unknown number of targets using multiple sensors
(CMRE, 2019/06)We propose an algorithm for tracking an unknown number of targets based on measurements provided by multiple sensors. Our algorithm achieves low computational complexity and excellent scalability by running belief propagation ... -
Scalable and distributed sea port operational areas estimation from AIS data
(CMRE, 2019/06)Seaports are spatial units that do not remain static over time. They are constantly in flux, evolving according to environmental and connectivity patterns both in size and operational capacity. As such any valid decision ... -
Scalable distributed change detection and its application to maritime traffic
(CMRE, 2019/06)Building on a novel methodology based on the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck (OU) process to perform accurate long-term predictions of future positions of ships at sea, we present a statistical approach to the detection of abrupt changes ... -
Scoring robotic competitions: balancing judging promptness and meaningful performance evaluation
(CMRE, 2019/05)To have a significant and fair competition an adequate scoring system is necessary. Different scoring systems exist, each one directly related to the nature and goals of the competition, e.g. student/educational, focused ... -
Secure underwater acoustic networks: current and future research directions
(CMRE, 2019/06)Underwater Acoustic Networks (UANs) are widely used in various applications such as climate change monitoring, pollution control and tracking, tactical surveillance and offshore exploration. However, limited consideration ... -
Security versus defence: dual use from a system requirement perspective
(NURC, 2008/09)The developers of defence technologies in both industry and national laboratories carried their culture for military system development into the evolving security mission, even for systems that are to be used by civilian ... -
Semantic criteria for the assessment of uncertainty handling fusion models
(CMRE, 2019/06)This paper proposes an illustration of the Uncertainty Representation and Reasoning Evaluation Framework (URREF) for the comparison of two classical fusion schemes. We revisit the classical works comparing Bayes' rule and ... -
Sensor-driven glider data processing
(CMRE, 2019/06)Gliders data are an important source of observations for oceanographers, hence harmonization and interoperability among different acquisition systems are key enablers towards efficient data sharing and effective reuse. As ... -
Separability of scattering and reflection parameters in reverberation inversion
(NURC, 2007/11)A premise of reverberation inversion is that one can separate geoacoustic reflection properties from scattering properties since their effects on reverberation are distinguishable. Some doubt has been cast on this premise ... -
Separability of seabed reflection and scattering properties in reverberation inversion
(NURC, 2007/02)Separation of scattering properties (Lambert's mu) from reflection properties (the reflection loss angle derivative alpha) presents difficulties in the geoacoustic inversion of long range reverberation in isovelocity ... -
Separation of measured noise coherence matrix into Toeplitz and Hankel parts
(CMRE, 2017/08)The cross-spectral density of ocean ambient noise is usually estimated from the product of the complex hydrophone signals, each of which already corresponds to the summed responses of sources from all angles. The true ...
