Target tracking with input estimation

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2005
Gazioğlu, Ersen
In this thesis, the target tracking problem with input estimation is investigated. The estimation performance of the optimum decoding based smoothing algorithm and a target tracking scheme based on the Kalman filter is compared by performing simulations. The advantages and the disadvantages of these algorithms are presented.

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E. Gazioğlu, “Target tracking with input estimation,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2005.