A survey of maneuvering target tracking - Part IV: Decision-based methods

This is the fourth part of a series of papers that provide a comprehensive survey of techniques for tracking maneuvering targets without addressing the so-called measurement-origin uncertainty. Part I and Part II deal with target motion models. Part III covers the measurement models and the associated techniques. This part surveys tracking techniques that are based on decisions regarding target maneuver. Three classes of techniques are identified and described: equivalent noise, input detection and estimation, and switching model. Maneuver detection methods are also included.