Approximate Maximum Likelihood Algorithm for Moving Source Localization Using TDOA and FDOA Measurements

 A closed-form approximate maximum likelihood (AML) algorithm for estimating the position and velocity of a moving source is proposed by utilizing the time difference of arrival (TDOA) and frequency difference of arrival (FDOA) measurements of a signal received at a number of receivers. The maximum likelihood (ML) technique is a powerful tool to solve this problem. But a direct approach that uses the ML estimator to solve the localization problem is exhaustive search in the solution space, and it is very computationally expensive, and prohibits real-time processing. On the basis of ML function, a closed-form approximate solution to the ML equations can be obtained, which can allow real-time implementation as well as global convergence. Simulation results show that the proposed estimator achieves better performance than the two-step weighted least squares (WLS) approach, which makes it possible to attain the Cram閞-Rao lower bound (CRLB) at a sufficiently high noise level before the threshold effect occurs.     

Multiple radar targets estimation by exploiting induced amplitude modulation

This work deals with the problem of estimating complex amplitudes, Doppler frequencies, and directions of arrival (DOA) of multiple targets present in the same range-azimuth resolution cell of a surveillance radar. The maximum likelihood (ML) and the asymptotic (large sample size) ML (AML) estimators are derived. To reduce the computational complexity of the maximization of the nonlinear two-dimensional criterion function of the AML estimator, we propose a computationally efficient algorithm based on the RELAXation method. It allows decoupling the problem of jointly estimating the parameters of the signal components into a sequence of simpler problems, where the parameters of each component are separately and iteratively estimated. The proposed method overcomes the resolution limitation of the classical monopulse technique and resolves multiple targets exhibiting an arbitrarily small difference in azimuth as long as their Doppler frequencies differ at least by the inverse of the number of integrated pulses, provided that enough signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) per pulse is available. The performance of the proposed AML-RELAX estimator is numerically investigated through Monte Carlo simulation and Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRLB) calculation.     

基于自适应Kalman滤波的改进PSO算法

针对基于Kalman滤波的PSO算法在设计与应用过程中存在的不足,提出了基于自适应Kalman滤波的改进PSO算法。利用粒子群状态空间Markov链模型,建立粒子群系统状态方程;采用粒子的速度和位置作为观测量,构建观测方程;引入记忆衰减因子动态调整Kalman滤波模型参数及噪声方差阵,降低模型误差,提高粒子的位置估计精度。仿真实验表明:改进的PSO算法无论在优化精度、收敛速度,还是在稳定性方面都有很大的改进和提高,这就有效避免了粒子的"早熟"收敛问题;尤其在处理复杂多峰问题上,改进算法表现出很明显的优越性。     

基于粒子群和人工蜂群混合算法的气动优化设计

现代启发式智能算法存在全局与局部搜索能力的平衡问题,针对此问题,采用双种群进化策略和信息交流机制,提出一种基于粒子群算法和人工蜂群算法相结合的新型混合优化算法——MABCPSO,并分别进行函数测试和翼型的气动优化设计验证。结果表明:MABCPSO新型混合优化算法具有更好的寻优能力,相比粒子群算法和人工蜂群算法,该算法能以更少的进化代数分别提高1.7%和2.2%的减阻效果。     

双基角时变下的空间目标BISAR自聚焦算法

以空间目标为研究对象,针对双基地逆合成孔径雷达(BISAR)成像中双基角变化及同步误差导致的二维ISAR像散焦问题,提出了基于粒子群优化(PSO)的非参数自聚焦算法。算法首先将回波中平动和转动及同步误差等因素导致的相位变化项统一建模,其次将二维图像对比度最大作为优化目标,利用PSO算法对所有高次项相位进行整体优化估计,然后对高阶相位项进行补偿,最后基于补偿后剩余的一阶线性相位项进行方位压缩得到目标的二维ISAR像。算法可解决参数相位误差估计法中因模型误差导致的聚焦精度下降问题,同时也降低了BISAR自聚焦算法的复杂度。通过与参数法自聚焦算法的性能进行对比仿真实验,验证了算法的有效性。     

Maximum likelihood identification of glint noise

If the non-Gaussian distribution function of radar glint noise is known, the Masreliez filter can be applied to improve target tracking performance. We investigate the glint identification problem using the maximum likelihood (ML) method. Two models for the glint distribution are used, a mixture of two Gaussian distributions and a mixture of a Gaussian and a Laplacian distribution. An efficient initial estimate method based on the QQ-plot is also proposed. Simulations show that the ML estimates converge to truths     

基于粒子群算法的极短弧定轨

针对经典的初轨计算方法在极短弧定轨中不适用的情况,建立了一种基于粒子群算法的极短弧(TooShort-Arc,TSA)定轨的计算方法。该方法将问题转化为两个三变量的分层优化问题,采用(a,e,M)作为优选变量,在保持问题维数较低的同时,实现了计算结果和观测资料的解耦。由于实测资料处理中的野值剔除方法不适用于粒子群算法,所以,采用稳健估计法,通过在适值函数中使用最小中值二乘准则,实现了稳健的极短弧计算方法。同时,应用MATLAB计算软件,选用缺省参数实现该算法,以进行数据验证。基于实测数据的数值验证表明,方法对于近圆轨道目标30s以下的弧段仍可以获得有效的结果,10s弧段误差仅为16km。此精度满足后续处理的需要,且方法稳健,具有很高的崩溃点。     

Sensitivity analysis of the maximum likelihood direction-findingalgorithm

A first-order analysis is performed of the sensitivity of the maximum likelihood (ML) direction-finding algorithm to system errors which cause differences between the array manifold used by the algorithm and the true array manifold. The effect of such errors on the directions-of-arrival (DOA) estimates is investigated. The ability of the ML algorithm to resolve two closely spaced sources in the presence of phase and gain errors in the array elements or in the receivers, or errors in the element locations, is analyzed. A formula for computing the failure threshold of the algorithm as a function of source separation and other system parameters is derived and tested by simulation. The analysis assumes that the exact covariance matrix of array element outputs is known     

CFAR detection and estimation for STAP radar

The algorithm presented here provides both a constant false-alarm rate (CFAR) detection and a maximum likelihood (ML) Doppler-bearing estimator of a target in a background of unknown Gaussian noise. A target is detected, and its parameters estimated within each range gate by evaluating a statistical test for each Doppler-angle cell and by selecting the cell with maximum output and finally comparing it with a threshold. Its CFAR performance is analyzed by the use of the sample matrix inversion (SMI) method and is evaluated in the cases of a fully adaptive space-time adaptive processing (STAP) and two partially adaptive STAPs. The performances of these criteria show that the probability of detection is a function only of the sample size K used to estimate the covariance matrix and a generalized signal-to-noise ratio. The choice of the number K is a tradeoff between performance and computational complexity. The performance curves demonstrate that the finer the resolution is, the poorer the detection capability. That means that one can trade off the accuracy of ML estimation with the performance of the CFAR detection criterion     

Ambiguity resolution of multiple targets using pulse-Dopplerwaveforms

To cancel clutter, both medium-PRF waveforms which are ambiguous in both range and Doppler and high-PRF waveforms which are ambiguous in range but unambiguous in ambiguities, a previous paper has shown that superior results for a single target can be achieved by using a clustering algorithm. Here, the problem of multiple targets is considered. A maximum likelihood (ML) technique which incorporates the clustering algorithm is developed for the multiple target problem. Simulation results show that four targets which have the same speed but are at different ranges can be resolved by using a medium-PRF waveform and employing the ML resolution technique     

Longitudinal parameter identification of a small unmanned aerial vehicle based on modified particle swarm optimization

This paper describes a longitudinal parameter identification procedure for a small unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV)through modified particle swam optimization(PSO).The procedure is demonstrated using a small UAV equipped with only an micro-electro-mechanical systems(MEMS)inertial measuring element and a global positioning system(GPS)receiver to provide test information.A small UAV longitudinal parameter mathematical model is derived and the modified method is proposed based on PSO with selective particle regeneration(SRPSO).Once modified PSO is applied to the mathematical model,the simulation results show that the mathematical model is correct,and aerodynamic parameters and coefficients of the propeller can be identified accurately.Results are compared with those of PSO and SRPSO and the comparison shows that the proposed method is more robust and faster than the other methods for the longitudinal parameter identification of the small UAV.Some parameter identification results are affected slightly by noise,but the identification results are very good overall.Eventually,experimental validation is employed to test the proposed method,which demonstrates the usefulness of this method.     

基于改进的粒子群优化算法的无人作战飞机航路规划

事先针对敌方防御区内的威胁部署和目标的分布情况,对无人作战飞机的飞行航路进行整体规划设计,可以综合减小被敌方发现和反击的可能性、降低耗油量,从而显著提高UCAV执行对地攻击(或侦察)任务的成功率.在对粒子群优化技术研究的基础上,将一种用于解决TSP的PSO算法加以改进,引入模拟退火的策略思想,借以克服PSO算法易陷局部最优的早熟现象,并在UCAV航路规划中加以运用.仿真实验表明,该算法简易而有效,用其优化出的航路能够满足UCAV飞行任务规划的需要.     

Time delay estimation at high signal-to-noise ratio

The estimation of the delay between two signals is examined in the limit of high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). It is shown that for the case of white noise, cross correlation with no prefiltering approaches the optimal maximum-likelihood (ML) estimator as the SNR grows to infinity. In simulation experiments with SNRs greater than 1, it outperforms the approximate ML estimator, which is based on estimated spectra. Other algorithms, such as generalized cross correlation or parameter estimation algorithms, are shown to be suboptimal at high SNRs     

On Processing Optical Images Propagated Through the Atmosphere

The problem of how to process optical images that have propagated through a turbulent atmosphere is considered. It is assumed that either the object or its (free-space) scattered field at the receiving aperture is known, except for unknown parameters that are to be estimated. Isotropic and homogeneous turbulence as discussed by Tatarski and Chernov is assumed. It is assumed that a very short (in time) reception is made, that the turbulence-induced complex phase errors are either small or have a correlation distance short relative to the receiving aperture extent, and that the object is within an isoplanatic region. The method of maximum likelihood (ML) is used as a criterion; its applicability is discussed. The ML image-processing structure is found and is nonlinear. Asymptotic cases are examined; among other conclusions, it is shown that the ML processing of independent receptions is more complex than an ML processing of the sum of the receptions. A coherent optical system that realizes the ML image processor is described; it includes the capability to generate the scattered field. Simplifications are pointed out.     

基于离散粒子群优化算法的直升机减速器齿轮故障特征选择

粒子群优化算法自提出以来,由于其容易理解、易于实现,所以发展很快,在很多领域得到了应用。本文针对机械故障特征选择问题,提出基于离散粒子群优化(PSO)算法的特征选择方法,并在直升机减速器齿轮故障诊断中进行了应用。实验结果表明,离散PSO算法可以快速、有效的求得优化特征集,是求解故障特征选择问题的一个较好方法。      

基于MCIS技术的相位差变化率单站无源定位

针对最大似然估计（ML）方法求解测相位差变化率单站无源定位问题计算量大、定位慢的问题,本文提出一种利用蒙特卡洛重要性抽样技术（MCIS）高精度、低复杂度的估计方法。根据Pincus定理推导出ML问题的近似全局解,利用重要性抽样（IS）技术构建符合高斯分布概率密度（PDF）的重要性函数,作为样本选取的依据,通过逆变换采样获得样本集,统计样本均值直接得到辐射源位置估计结果。MCIS方法简单易实现且运算量低,能够克服传统ML估计多维网格搜索耗时较长的缺陷,而且对目标位置初始估计误差有较低的敏感性。实验结果表明,MCIS算法在相同测量噪声水平下,定位精度优于EKF、NLS算法,有效减小了初始化估计误差对算法定位精度的影响,也进一步讨论分析了算法参数和不同观测条件对定位性能的影响。     

基于PSO算法的舰载机舰面布放调度方法研究

基于智能粒子群(PSO)算法对戴高乐航母舰载机舰面布放调度问题的解决方法进行了研究。首先,分析了舰载机舰面布放调度的必备条件,包括设置舰面战位;测量计算舰载机由各个停机战位分别到2个准备战位的近似移动距离;分析了舰载机正常的出动流程;设计了不同数量舰载机的出动时间计算公式等。其次,将舰载机舰面布放调度问题转换为带有约束条件的多目标函数求最小解问题,并给出了数学模型。再次,分析PSO算法本身的特点、优点,给出其用于解决舰载机舰面布放调度问题的可行性,并具体分析了解决思路。最后,通过编制程序对该解决方法予以实现。实验结果表明,基于PSO算法的舰载机舰面布放调度问题解决方法是可行的,与实际要求也基本一致。     

Direct thrust control for multivariable turbofan engine based on affine linear parameter-varying approach

A novel turbofan Direct Thrust Control(DTC) architecture based on Linear ParameterVarying(LPV) approach for a two-spool turbofan engine thrust control is proposed in this paper.Instead of transforming thrust command to shaft speed command and pressure ratio command, the thrust will be directly controlled by an optimal controller with two control variables. LPV model of the engine is established for the designing of thrust estimator and controller. A robust LPV H∞filter is introduced to estimate ...