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39 Citations
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31 March 2017

Conventional spherical simplex-radial cubature Kalman filter (SSRCKF) for maneuvering target tracking may decline in accuracy and even diverge when a target makes abrupt state changes. To overcome this problem, a novel algorithm named strong tracking...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Multi-Sensor Information Fusion: Theory and Applications 2017)
  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
6,467 Views
22 Pages

An Improved Strong Tracking Cubature Kalman Filter for GPS/INS Integrated Navigation Systems

  • Kaiqiang Feng,
  • Jie Li,
  • Xi Zhang,
  • Xiaoming Zhang and ,
  • Chong Shen,
  • Huiliang Cao,
  • Yanyu Yang and
  • Jun Liu
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

12 June 2018

The cubature Kalman filter (CKF) is widely used in the application of GPS/INS integrated navigation systems. However, its performance may decline in accuracy and even diverge in the presence of process uncertainties. To solve the problem, a new algor...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,165 Views
17 Pages

29 August 2025

Aircraft icing degrades aerodynamic performance and poses safety risks, especially under nonlinear and uncertain conditions. In order to identify inflight icing in real time, this work proposes a Strong Tracking Unscented Kalman Filter (STUKF) which...

(This article belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
6,204 Views
16 Pages

Kalman filtering is a common filtering method for millimeter-wave traffic radars. The proposal is for an Adaptive Strong Tracking Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) algorithm that aims to address the issues of classic EKF’s low accuracy and lengthy c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
7,629 Views
14 Pages

Online Sensor Fault Detection Based on an Improved Strong Tracking Filter

  • Lijuan Wang,
  • Lifeng Wu,
  • Yong Guan and
  • Guohui Wang

16 February 2015

We propose a method for online sensor fault detection that is based on the evolving Strong Tracking Filter (STCKF). The cubature rule is used to estimate states to improve the accuracy of making estimates in a nonlinear case. A residual is the differ...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,510 Views
23 Pages

Improved Strong Tracking Cubature Kalman Filter for UWB Positioning

  • Yuxiang Pu,
  • Xiaolong Li,
  • Yunqing Liu,
  • Yanbo Wang and ,
  • Suhang Wu,
  • Tianshuai Qu and
  • Jingyi Xi
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

28 August 2023

For the problems of Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) observation errors and inaccurate predictive dynamics model in wireless ultra-wideband (UWB) positioning systems, an improved strong tracking cubature Kalman filter (ISTCKF) positioning algorithm is propos...

(This article belongs to the Section Navigation and Positioning)
  • Article
  • Open Access
51 Citations
5,053 Views
20 Pages

Strong Tracking of a H-Infinity Filter in Lithium-Ion Battery State of Charge Estimation

  • Bizhong Xia,
  • Zheng Zhang,
  • Zizhou Lao,
  • Wei Wang and ,
  • Wei Sun,
  • Yongzhi Lai and
  • Mingwang Wang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

6 June 2018

The accuracy of state-of-charge (SOC) estimation, one of the most important functions of a battery management system (BMS), is the basis for the proper operation of an electric vehicle. This study proposes a method for accurate SOC estimation. To ach...

(This article belongs to the Section D: Energy Storage and Application)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,860 Views
17 Pages

5 February 2021

Assuming that the measurement and process noise covariances are known, the probability hypothesis density (PHD) filter is effective in real-time multi-target tracking; however, noise covariance is often unknown and time-varying for an actual scene. T...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
7,981 Views
18 Pages

C/N0 Estimator Based on the Adaptive Strong Tracking Kalman Filter for GNSS Vector Receivers

  • Shiming Liu,
  • Sihai Li,
  • Jiangtao Zheng,
  • Qiangwen Fu and
  • Yanhua Yuan

29 January 2020

The carrier-to-noise ratio (C/N0) is an important indicator of the signal quality of global navigation satellite system receivers. In a vector receiver, estimating C/N0 using a signal amplitude Kalman filter is a typical method. However, the classica...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,836 Views
15 Pages

15 October 2023

To suppress inertial navigation system drift and improve the seamless navigation capability of microelectromechanical system-inertial navigation systems/geomagnetic navigation systems (MEMS-INS/MNS) in geomagnetically unlocked environments, this pape...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue MEMS Inertial Device, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
909 Views
28 Pages

29 November 2025

The operation of walking excavators on rugged terrain often leads to leg lift-off, which can result in uneven force distribution, accelerated structural wear, and even systemic instability. To address these issues, this paper proposes a coordinated c...

(This article belongs to the Section Robotics and Automation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
45 Citations
7,921 Views
15 Pages

A New Method for State of Charge Estimation of Lithium-Ion Battery Based on Strong Tracking Cubature Kalman Filter

  • Bizhong Xia,
  • Haiqing Wang,
  • Mingwang Wang,
  • Wei Sun and ,
  • Zhihui Xu and
  • Yongzhi Lai
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

26 November 2015

The estimation of state of charge (SOC) is a crucial evaluation index in a battery management system (BMS). The value of SOC indicates the remaining capacity of a battery, which provides a good guarantee of safety and reliability of battery operation...

(This article belongs to the Collection Electric and Hybrid Vehicles Collection)
  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
10,308 Views
17 Pages

13 May 2015

We present an adaptive algorithm for a system integrated with micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) gyroscopes and a compass to eliminate the influence from the environment, compensate the temperature drift precisely, and improve the accuracy of t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modeling, Testing and Reliability Issues in MEMS Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,302 Views
15 Pages

21 May 2018

This paper presents a new nonlinear filtering method based on the Hunt-Crossley model for online nonlinear soft tissue characterization. This method overcomes the problem of performance degradation in the unscented Kalman filter due to contact model...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,225 Views
15 Pages

4 November 2024

The ability to quickly and accurately estimate the state of charge (SOC) of lithium batteries is a key function of the battery management system (BMS). To enhance the accuracy of SOC estimation for lithium batteries, we propose a method that combines...

(This article belongs to the Section Energy Storage System Aging, Diagnosis and Safety)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,226 Views
17 Pages

17 March 2025

The tracking accuracy of the traditional Strong Tracking Unscented Kalman Filter algorithm (ST-UKF) decreases when the motion state of the traffic target changes significantly. A multidimensional adaptive factor-based strong tracking UKF (MAST-UKF) a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,453 Views
16 Pages

1 January 2019

Reliability is pivotal significance for switched reluctance machine drives (SRD) applied to safety essential transportation and industrial fields. An inter-turn shorted-circuit fault (ISCF) could incite the machine to operate in unbalanced status, re...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Optimization Methods Applied to Power Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,196 Views
25 Pages

A Strong Tracking Mixed-Degree Cubature Kalman Filter Method and Its Application in a Quadruped Robot

  • Jikai Liu,
  • Pengfei Wang,
  • Fusheng Zha,
  • Wei Guo and ,
  • Zhenyu Jiang and
  • Lining Sun
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

16 April 2020

The motion state of a quadruped robot in operation changes constantly. Due to the drift caused by the accumulative error, the function of the inertial measurement unit (IMU) will be limited. Even though multi-sensor fusion technology is adopted, the...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,602 Views
14 Pages

22 August 2022

An adaptive weighted strong tracking unscented Kalman filter is proposed in this paper for long-range relative navigation alongside non-cooperative maneuvering targets. First, an equation for obtaining the relative motion of two bodies is derived, it...

(This article belongs to the Section Astronautics & Space Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,093 Views
14 Pages

Adaptive Integrated Navigation Algorithm Based on Interactive Filter

  • Bin Zhao,
  • Chunlei Gao,
  • Hui Xia,
  • Jinxia Han and
  • Ying Zhu

23 July 2025

To address the diverse requirements of accuracy and robustness in integrated navigation for unmanned aerial vehicles, an interactive robust filter algorithm that integrates the interactive multiple model concept and leverages the complementary applic...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Environment Perception, Decision Planning, and Intelligent Control of Transport Equipment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,939 Views
15 Pages

An Integrated Adaptive Kalman Filter for High-Speed UAVs

  • Tiantian Huang,
  • Hui Jiang,
  • Zhuoyang Zou,
  • Lingyun Ye and
  • Kaichen Song

9 May 2019

In order to solve the problems of filtering divergence and low accuracy in Kalman filter (KF) applications in a high-speed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), this paper proposed a new method of integrated robust adaptive Kalman filter: strong adaptive Ka...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs))
  • Technical Note
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,483 Views
13 Pages

An Adaptive Constant Acceleration Model for Maneuvering Target Tracking

  • Jieyu Huang,
  • Junwei Xie,
  • Haolong Zhai,
  • Zhengjie Li and
  • Weike Feng

28 February 2025

An adaptive constant acceleration (ACA) model is proposed for the maneuvering target tracking problem. Based on the Taylor series expansion of acceleration, we establish the relationship between the Jerk and the velocity as well as the acceleration s...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Array and Signal Processing for Radar)
  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
3,809 Views
18 Pages

15 October 2022

Hypersonic targets have complex motion states and high maneuverability. The traditional interactive multi-model (IMM) has low tracking accuracy and a slow convergence speed. Therefore, this paper proposes a strong tracking cubature Kalman filter (CKF...

(This article belongs to the Section Aerospace Science and Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
493 Views
22 Pages

5 September 2026

To address contact force estimation and compliant control for biomimetic robotic arms interacting with uncertain environments, an adaptive variable-damping impedance control method based on a fuzzy-controlled forgetting-factor strong tracking Kalman...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Human-Inspired Grasp Control in Robotics 2026)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,235 Views
20 Pages

Moving-Target Tracking in Airport Airside Operations Using AIMM-STUKF

  • Jianshu Gao,
  • Yinuo Dang,
  • Yuxuan Zhu and
  • Wenqing Xue

26 December 2025

In this paper, we propose a mobile target tracking method for airport movement areas based on an adaptive interacting multiple model framework combined with a strong tracking unscented Kalman filter, referred to as the AIMM-STUKF algorithm. The objec...

(This article belongs to the Section Navigation and Positioning)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,175 Views
22 Pages

An Indoor Positioning and Tracking Algorithm Based on Angle-of-Arrival Using a Dual-Channel Array Antenna

  • Chenhui Li,
  • Jie Zhen,
  • Kanglong Chang,
  • Aigong Xu and ,
  • Huizhong Zhu and
  • Jianxin Wu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

26 October 2021

The angular position measurement of an array antenna based on a wireless signal has high accuracy in an indoor no-occlusion environment. However, due to the high complexity of indoor environments, signal occlusion, multipath, and other interfering fa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,784 Views
27 Pages

28 October 2018

Accurate battery modeling is essential for the state-of-charge (SOC) estimation of electric vehicles, especially when vehicles are operated in dynamic processes. Temperature is a significant factor for battery characteristics, especially for the hyst...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV))
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,167 Views
23 Pages

16 January 2024

Road slope is an essential parameter in the study of vehicle driving processes. In future traffic development, constructing road segments with slopes is indispensable. Furthermore, road slope is a fundamental parameter for realizing energy recovery d...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Practical Applications of New Optimization Methods and Intelligent Control)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
423 Views
10 Pages

Fault Diagnosis Algorithm for Redundant Dual-Axis RINSs Based on Geometric Constraint Observation

  • Zhonghong Liang,
  • Hui Luo,
  • Yuanhan Wang,
  • Pengcheng Mu and ,
  • Yong Ruan,
  • Zhikun Liao and
  • Lin Wang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Dual-axis rotational inertial navigation systems (DRINSs) have been widely used in marine navigation due to their high accuracy. However, the long-term operation of a DRINS over weeks poses a significant challenge to its reliability. In order to addr...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of European Navigation Conference 2025)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,873 Views
32 Pages

To enhance the path-tracking accuracy of unmanned articulated road roller (UARR) operating on low-adhesion, slippery surfaces, this paper proposes a hierarchical cascaded control (HCC) architecture integrated with real-time ground adhesion coefficien...

(This article belongs to the Section Electrical and Autonomous Vehicles)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
8,164 Views
22 Pages

Self-Alignment MEMS IMU Method Based on the Rotation Modulation Technique on a Swing Base

  • Haifeng Xing,
  • Zhiyong Chen,
  • Haotian Yang,
  • Chengbin Wang and ,
  • Zhihui Lin and
  • Meifeng Guo
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

12 April 2018

The micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS) inertial measurement unit (IMU) has been widely used in the field of inertial navigation due to its small size, low cost, and light weight, but aligning MEMS IMUs remains a challenge for researchers. MEMS IM...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,311 Views
31 Pages

16 June 2025

In this paper, for the needs of high-precision and high-continuity localization in complex environments, a modeling method based on time-varying noise and outlier noise is proposed, and variational Bayesian strong tracking filtering is used for 5G/IN...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Architecture, Applications and Challenges of Communication and Navigation Integration)
  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
4,442 Views
20 Pages

State-of-Charge Estimation of Lithium-Ion Batteries Based on Dual-Coefficient Tracking Improved Square-Root Unscented Kalman Filter

  • Simin Peng,
  • Ao Zhang,
  • Dandan Liu,
  • Mengzeng Cheng and ,
  • Jiarong Kan and
  • Michael Pecht
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Accurate state of charge (SOC) estimation is helpful for battery management systems to extend batteries’ lifespan and ensure the safety of batteries. However, due to the pseudo-positive definiteness of the covariance matrix and noise statistics...

(This article belongs to the Topic Battery Design and Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
1,852 Views
22 Pages

10 October 2025

Based on a fractional-order equivalent circuit model, this paper proposes a multi-timescale collaborative State of Energy (SOE) and State of Health (SOH) estimation method (FOASTFREKF-EKF) for lithium batteries to mitigate the influence of model inac...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Control, Modelling, and Management of Batteries)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,226 Views
14 Pages

5 November 2019

Gas turbine converts chemical energy into mechanical energy and provide energy for aircraft, ships, etc. The performance diagnosis of rotating components of gas turbine are essential in terms of the high failure rate of these parts. A problem that th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Optimization for Control, Observation and Safety)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,985 Views
14 Pages

LFM Signal Parameter Estimation via FTD-FRFT in Impulse Noise

  • Xuelian Liu,
  • Xuemei Li,
  • Bo Xiao,
  • Chunyang Wang and
  • Bo Ma

LFM signals are widely applied in radar, communication, sonar and many other fields. LFM signals received by these systems contain a lot of noise and outliers. In order to suppress the interference of strong impulse noise on target signals and realiz...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Fractional Fourier Transforms and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,533 Views
26 Pages

Uncertainty-Aware δ-GLMB Filtering for Multi-Target Tracking

  • M. Hadi Sepanj,
  • Saed Moradi,
  • Zohreh Azimifar and
  • Paul Fieguth

The δ-GLMB filter is an analytic solution to the multi-target Bayes recursion used in multi-target tracking. It extends the Generalised Labelled Multi-Bernoulli (GLMB) framework by providing an efficient and scalable implementation while preser...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,744 Views
15 Pages

Strong nonlinearity between Doppler measurement and target motion in Doppler radar target tracking leads to the inadequate utilization of measurement information and limited tracking accuracy. We solved this problem by combining converted state Kalma...

(This article belongs to the Section Systems & Control Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
8,822 Views
17 Pages

Passive Sonar Target Tracking Based on Deep Learning

  • Ying Wang,
  • Hongjian Wang,
  • Qing Li,
  • Yao Xiao and
  • Xicheng Ban

At present, the tracking accuracy of underwater passive target tracking is often limited due to models that are overly simple, with low complexity, poor universality, and an inability to learn. In this paper, a cubature Kalman filter (CKF) algorithm...

(This article belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,139 Views
21 Pages

KalmanFormer: Integrating a Deep Motion Model into SORT for Video Multi-Object Tracking

  • Jiayu Hong,
  • Yunyao Li,
  • Jielu Yan,
  • Xuekai Wei and ,
  • Weizhi Xian and
  • Yi Qin
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

4 September 2025

This paper presents the study of integrating a deep motion model into simple online and real-time tracking for video multi-object tracking. The tracking-by-detection paradigm faces significant challenges in handling nonlinear motion and occlusions. A...

(This article belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,789 Views
20 Pages

Siamese Multi-Scale Adaptive Search Network for Remote Sensing Single-Object Tracking

  • Biao Hou,
  • Yanyu Cui,
  • Zhongle Ren,
  • Zhihao Li and ,
  • Shuang Wang and
  • Licheng Jiao
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

4 September 2023

With the development of remote sensing earth observation technology, object tracking has gained attention for its broad application prospects in computer vision. However, object tracking is challenging owing to the background clutter, occlusion, and...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,852 Views
38 Pages

A Review of High-Sensitivity Tracking Techniques for Satellite Navigation Signals

  • Zhiqiang Gong,
  • Honglei Lin,
  • Zhe Liu,
  • Zengjun Liu and ,
  • Long Huang and
  • Gang Ou
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

14 May 2025

With the increasing demand for high-sensitivity signal tracking in complex environments, GNSS receiver technologies have continuously evolved in both architecture and algorithmic design. This paper presents a systematic review of the development of h...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Signal Processing Theory and Methods in Remote Sensing (Second Edition))
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,248 Views
25 Pages

Deep-Learning-Based Multiple Model Tracking Method for Targets with Complex Maneuvering Motion

  • Weiming Tian,
  • Linlin Fang,
  • Weidong Li,
  • Na Ni and ,
  • Rui Wang,
  • Cheng Hu,
  • Hanzhe Liu and
  • Weigang Luo
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

7 July 2022

The effective detection of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) targets is of great significance to guarantee national military security and social stability. In recent years, with the development of communication and control technology, the movement of UAV...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,189 Views
21 Pages

6 November 2023

This paper investigates the AUV region-tracking control problem with measurement noise and transient and steady-state constraints. To achieve the fluctuation of AUV tracking error within an expected region while satisfying the transient and steady-st...

(This article belongs to the Topic Cooperative Localization, Optimization and Control of Networked Autonomous Systems: Theories, Analysis Tools and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,077 Views
31 Pages

For manoeuvring surface target tracking in the presence of glint noise, Huber-based Kalman filters have been widely regarded as effective. However, when the proportion of outlier measurements is high, their numerical stability and estimation accuracy...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Wind and Renewable Energy Generation and Integration)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,429 Views
16 Pages

Improvement of UAV Tracking Technology in Future 6G Complex Environment Based on GM-PHD Filter

  • Tao Hong,
  • Chunying Zhou,
  • Michel Kadoch,
  • Tao Tang and
  • Zhengfa Zuo

12 December 2022

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) will become an indispensable part of future sixth-generation (6G)-based mobile networks that can provide flexible deposition, strong adaptability, and high service quality. Under the guarantee of blockchain, UAVs can p...

(This article belongs to the Section Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,722 Views
14 Pages

State Estimation of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Using Improved Square Root UKF

  • Bo Xu,
  • Fangqiang Mu,
  • Guoding Shi,
  • Wei Ji and
  • Huangqiu Zhu

24 June 2016

This paper focuses on an improved square root unscented Kalman filter (SRUKF) and its application for rotor speed and position estimation of permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM). The approach, which combines the SRUKF and strong tracking filter,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,140 Views
19 Pages

An Adaptive Tracking Method for Moving Target in Fluctuating Reverberation Environment

  • Ning Wang,
  • Rui Duan,
  • Kunde Yang,
  • Zipeng Li and
  • Zhanchao Liu

28 April 2024

In environments with a low signal-to-reverberation ratio (SRR) characterized by fluctuations in clutter number and distribution, particle filter-based tracking methods may experience significant fluctuations in the posterior probability of existence....

(This article belongs to the Section Ocean Remote Sensing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,176 Views
15 Pages

24 April 2021

In this work, we present a novel scheme for nonlinear hyperspherical estimation using the von Mises–Fisher distribution. Deterministic sample sets with an isotropic layout are exploited for the efficient and informative representation of the underlyi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multisensor Fusion and Integration)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
805 Views
27 Pages

A New Asymmetric Track Filtering Algorithm Based on TCN-ResGRU-MHA

  • Hanbao Wu,
  • Yonggang Yang,
  • Wei Chen and
  • Yizhi Wang

5 December 2025

Modern target tracking systems rely on radar as a sensor to detect targets and generate raw track points. These raw track points are affected by the radar’s own noise and the asymmetric non-Gaussian noise resulting from the nonlinear transforma...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Studies of Symmetry and Asymmetry in Cryptography)

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