Browsing Technical Reports by Subject "Target detection"
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Analysis of a signal starting time estimator based on the Page test statistic
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1995/12)The time of the most recent reset to zero of the Page test statistic is proposed as an estimator of the starting time of a signal. The probability mass function of the estimator is determined analytically subject to a ... -
Application of real data to sonar detection by neural networks
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1992/11)This memorandum describes the results of applying an artificial neural network for the detection of target echoes. The present study is a continuation of work conducted in 1989 in which a three-layer artificial neural ... -
Channel sensitive processor: sensitivity and optimization study
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1997/10)The detection performance of the Channel-Sensitive Processor (CSP) has been tested in dense multipath conditions. It was demonstrated that, for a known propagation channel, the CSP outperforms the conventional matched ... -
Channel-sensitive processor: development and detection performance evaluation
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1997/03)A Channel Sensitive Processor (CSP) which improves upon the detection performance of the traditional matched filter is developed. This method compensates for the performance degradation of the matched filter due to dense ... -
Detection of objects on a non Rayleigh background
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1995/12)Sector scanning sonar systems image the sea-bottom to detect objects that can be distinguished from the background structure of the seabottom. In current systems images are displayed and discarded as new image data become ... -
High-resolution beamforming techniques performance analysis
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1986/11)Seven different beamforming techniques (including both conventional and high-resolution types) have been analyzed and compared in order to develop a quantitative relationship between resolution performance on the one hand ... -
Horizontal array gain in shallow water
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1980/12)Some results of a comprehensive model study on the use of horizontal hydrophone arrays in shallow water are presented. Well-known signal processing techniques are applied to a shallow-water sound propagation model in order ... -
Logarithmic least mean square sound-field estimation
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1987/03)The report deals with narrowband beamforming techniques for passive sonar applications. In particular, the Least Mean Square fit parameter estimation technique is used to estimate the spatial sound-field power density. To ... -
Modelling scattering from partially buried cylinders = Acoustic scattering from cylindrical objects embedded between two half-spaces/The computation of the scattered pressure field from a cylinder embedded between two half-spaces = The computation of the scattered pressure field from a cylinder embedded between two half-spaces with different densities
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1996/12)1. A boundary integral equation method is presented for the computation of the acoustic field scattered from a cylindrical object which is totally within the water column, totally buried in sediment, or partially buried. ... -
Passive acoustic detection of marine mammals
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 2000/04)A passive acoustic analysis of data recorded during the SACLANTCEN -
Real-and synthetic-array signal processing of buried targets
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 2002/01)Results from two field experiments aimed at investigating the detection and classification of buried targets are presented. In both experiments a 2-16 kHz parametric source was used. In the first experiment the source was ... -
Reduction of low frequency active sonar clutter through image processing
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1997/12)Large numbers of false clutter detections arise in the use of low frequency active sonar for the detection of low Doppler submarine targets in shallow water. Traditional detection algorithms operate individually on each ... -
Single ping clutter reduction: segmentation using Markov random fields
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1999/03)The use of low frequency active sonar in shallow water leads to large numbers of clutter detections. This high false alarm rate can overload automatic tracking and classification algorithms. Traditional detection algorithms ... -
Statistical normalization of non-Rayleigh reverberation
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 2000/02)Low-frequency active sonar systems operating in shallow water are primarily limited by reverberation. -
SUPREMO: a multistatic sonar performance model
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 2002/11)Multistatic sonars introduce new problems to the modeller such as mutual interference from multiple sources and variable target aspect in a background of range-dependent bistatic reverberation. A multistatic sonar performance ... -
Target detection using a three-layered neural network trained by supervised back-propagation
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1990/05)In any sonar system a detection process has to be performed at -
Target motion effects on passive sonar: an appraisal of basic factors
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1986/12)Detection and tracking by passive sonar involve the observation of the target-radiated noise in bearing-cells and time-cells that have their dimensions predetermined by a combination of physical limitations, e.g. the size ... -
The propagation and reception of transient electromagnetic signals in the presence of a conducting half-space
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1961/05)In this paper a theoretical treatment is given of the short-distance propagation and reception of a step-function in the presence of a conducting half-space. The step-function is generated by a horizontal electric dipole ...