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Neural Network Probability Data Association for Radar Tracking

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Missile Defense Agency
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 26202
Amount: $60,248.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1994
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
Station Square Two
Paoli, PA 19301
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 C. Allen Butler
 (804) 727-7700
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
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Abstract

DANIEL H. WAGNER ASSOCIATES, INC. PROPOSES TO DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE A NEURAL NETWORK BASED ALGORITHM FOR TRACKING RADAR TARGETS IN THE PRESENCE OF CLUTTER. THE ALGORITHM WILL CLOSELY APPROXIMATE THE TRACKING PERFORMANCE OF A JOINT PROBABILISTIC DATA ASSOCIATION (JPDA) FILTER, BUT THROUGH THE USE OF NEURAL NET HARDWARE, DO DO AT A MUCH HIGHER DATA RATE THAN OTHERWISE POSSIBLE. IN PHASE I, WAGNER ASSOCIATES WILL DEFINE AND IMPLEMENT A PROTOTYPE VERSION AND COMPARE ITS PERFORMANCE AGAINST A MULTIPLE HYPOTHESIS DATA ASSOCIATION ALGORITHM, SEQUENTIAL NEAREST NEIGHBOR (SNNA), AND THE TRADITIONAL JPDA.

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