Toronto, March 2008: AUG Signals is pleased to announce we have secured a contract with Defence Research and Development Canada entitled “Flexible Association Algorithm Development”.  The objective of this work is to develop data association algorithms that show robustness in terms of identification estimates when faced with association errors. Target to measurement association – denoted as association problem in tracking literature – is an essential component and probably the most challenging part in target tracking. Errors in data association can cause higher and sometimes unaccounted uncertainty in target kinematics. It can lead to early termination, coalescence and delayed detection of tracks.

The developed algorithm will take into consideration the association related uncertainties in identification and will be able to recover from identification errors once association uncertainties are over.

For more information, please contact the Project Manager, Dr. Abhijit Sinha at abhijit@augsignals.com.