Evaluating Radar Detection Probabilities by Steepest Descent Integration |
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Authors: | Helstrom CW Ritcey JA |
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Institution: | University of California, San Diego; |
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Abstract: | The probability of detection for radars employing noncoherent integration and a fixed threshold or cell-averaging constant false alarm rate (CA-CFAR) processor is computed by numerical contour integration in the complex plane. The technique is applied to both nonfluctuating and chi-squared fluctuating targets. A bound on the truncation error allows for a simple stopping rule for the numerical integration. The method has applicability to many problems in radar detection theory. |
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