Detection and Tracking Statistics

Detectability factor, receiver operating characteristics (ROC), tracker operating characteristics (TOC), range-angle-height (Blake) chart

Minimum SNR threshold for different Swerling target models, minimum detectable signal (MDS), effective probability of detection versus. range, probability of false alarm, probability of true tracks and false tracks in the presence of false alarms.

Functions

`albersheim`	Required SNR using Albersheim’s equation
`blakechart`	Range-angle-height (Blake) chart
`detectability`	Radar detectability factor
`probgrid`	Nonuniformly spaced probabilities
`radarbudgetplot`	Display link budget as waterfall plot
`radarmetricplot`	Plot radar performance metric against target range
`radarvcd`	Vertical coverage diagram
`rocinterp`	ROC curve interpolation
`rocpfa`	Receiver operating characteristic curves by false-alarm probability
`rocsnr`	Receiver operating characteristic curves by SNR
`shnidman`	Required SNR using Shnidman’s equation
`toccgh`	Compute track probabilities using the CGH algorithm

Apps

Radar Designer	Model radar gains and losses and assess performance in different environments
Radar Equation Calculator	Estimate maximum range, peak power, and SNR of a radar system

Featured Examples

Detector Performance Analysis Using ROC Curves

Assess the performance of coherent and noncoherent systems using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves.

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Monte Carlo ROC Simulation

Generate a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve of a radar system using a Monte-Carlo simulation.

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Assessing Performance with the Tracker Operating Characteristic

Assess the probability of target track and the probability of false track.

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