Simulation methods for prioritising tasks and sectors of surveillance in phased array radars

© 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Multifunction phased array radars have the ability to steer the radar beam electronically, adapting its parameters according to how the radar perceives the environment. Thus, the effective allocation of available resources is very important. A model of a multifunction phased array radar is implemented to examine the complex problem of resource allocation in this type of radar. Additionally, approaches to adaptively assigning priorities of targets and sectors of surveillance are developed and assessed. Ranking radar tasks is an important sub-problem for radar resource management. When the radar resources are not sufficient to undertake all radar functions, the function priorities will indicate an appropriate manner of reallocating these resources. In this paper, simulation methods to evaluate prioritisation of tasks are described.

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