RPC-EAU: Radar Plot Classification Algorithm Based on Evidence Adaptive Updating

Accurately classifying targets and clutter plots is crucial in radar data processing. It is beneficial for filtering out a large amount of clutters and improving the track initiation speed and tracking accuracy of real targets. However, in practical applications, this problem becomes difficult due t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Applied sciences 2024-05, Vol.14 (10), p.4260
Hauptverfasser: Yang, Rui, Zhao, Yingbo
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Accurately classifying targets and clutter plots is crucial in radar data processing. It is beneficial for filtering out a large amount of clutters and improving the track initiation speed and tracking accuracy of real targets. However, in practical applications, this problem becomes difficult due to complex electromagnetic environments such as cloud and rain clutter, sea clutter, and strong ground clutter. This has led to poor performance of some commonly used radar plot classification algorithms. In order to solve this problem and further improve classification accuracy, the radar plot classification algorithm based on evidence adaptive updating (RPC-EAU) is proposed in this paper. Firstly, the multi-dimensional recognition features of radar plots used for classification are established. Secondly, the construction and combination of mass functions based on feature sample distribution are designed. Then, a confidence network classifier containing an uncertain class was designed, and an iterative update strategy for it was provided. Finally, several experiments based on synthetic and real radar plots were presented. The results show that RPC-EAU can effectively improve the radar plot classification performance, achieving a classification accuracy of about 0.96 and a clutter removal rate of 0.95. Compared with some traditional radar pattern recognition algorithms, it can improve by 1 to 10 percentage points. The target loss rate of RPC-EAU is also the lowest, only about 0.02, which is about one third to one half of the comparison algorithms. In addition, RPC-EAU avoids clustering all radar points in each update, greatly saving the computational time. The proposed algorithm has the characteristics of high classification accuracy, low target loss rate, and less computational time. Therefore, it is suitable for radar data processing with high timeliness requirements and multiple radar plots.
ISSN:2076-3417
2076-3417
DOI:10.3390/app14104260