A novel data-driven learning method for radar target detection in nonstationary environments
- Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
- Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Most existing radar algorithms are developed under the assumption that the environment (clutter) is stationary. However, in practice, the characteristics of the clutter can vary enormously depending on the radar-operational scenarios. If unaccounted for, these nonstationary variabilities may drastically hinder the radar performance. Therefore, to overcome such shortcomings, we develop a data-driven method for target detection in nonstationary environments. In this method, the radar dynamically detects changes in the environment and adapts to these changes by learning the new statistical characteristics of the environment and by intelligibly updating its statistical detection algorithm. Specifically, we employ drift detection algorithms to detect changes in the environment; incremental learning, particularly learning under concept drift algorithms, to learn the new statistical characteristics of the environment from the new radar data that become available in batches over a period of time. The newly learned environment characteristics are then integrated in the detection algorithm. Furthermore, we use Monte Carlo simulations to demonstrate that the developed method provides a significant improvement in the detection performance compared with detection techniques that are not aware of the environmental changes.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 1253252
- Journal Information:
- IEEE Signal Processing Letters, Journal Name: IEEE Signal Processing Letters Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 23; ISSN 1070-9908
- Publisher:
- IEEE Signal Processing SocietyCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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