{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3203369872","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/taes.2021.3117086","title":"Pursuer Aim Identification for an Aircraft Formation Using a Passive Sensor Without State Estimation","display_name":"Pursuer Aim Identification for an Aircraft Formation Using a Passive Sensor Without State Estimation","publication_year":2021,"publication_date":"2021-10-02","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3203369872","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/taes.2021.3117086","mag":"3203369872"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/taes.2021.3117086","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/taes.2021.3117086","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S193624734","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems","issn_l":"0018-9251","issn":["0018-9251","1557-9603","2371-9877"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5033035100","display_name":"Zijiao Tian","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3624-3149"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I140172145","display_name":"University of Connecticut","ror":"https://ror.org/02der9h97","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I140172145"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Zijiao Tian","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3624-3149","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I140172145"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5077958595","display_name":"Kaipei Yang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6739-8541"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I140172145","display_name":"University of Connecticut","ror":"https://ror.org/02der9h97","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I140172145"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Kaipei Yang","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6739-8541","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I140172145"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5034228073","display_name":"Meir Danino","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I13955877","display_name":"Bar-Ilan University","ror":"https://ror.org/03kgsv495","country_code":"IL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I13955877"]}],"countries":["IL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Meir Danino","raw_affiliation_strings":["Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I13955877"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5044127482","display_name":"Yaakov Bar\u2010Shalom","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1317-3368"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I140172145","display_name":"University of Connecticut","ror":"https://ror.org/02der9h97","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I140172145"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yaakov Bar-Shalom","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1317-3368","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I140172145"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5046700185","display_name":"Benny Milgrom","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I192238737","display_name":"Jerusalem College of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/002kenh51","country_code":"IL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I192238737"]}],"countries":["IL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Benny Milgrom","raw_affiliation_strings":["Jerusalem College of Technology, Jerusalem, Israel"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8565-4577","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Jerusalem College of Technology, Jerusalem, Israel","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I192238737"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":5,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5033035100"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I140172145"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":4.3794,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":8,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.95340817,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":"58","issue":"2","first_page":"1176","last_page":"1186"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12158","display_name":"Guidance and Control Systems","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2202","display_name":"Aerospace Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12158","display_name":"Guidance and Control Systems","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2202","display_name":"Aerospace Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13371","display_name":"Military Defense Systems Analysis","score":0.9972000122070312,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2202","display_name":"Aerospace Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10711","display_name":"Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks","score":0.9922999739646912,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/missile","display_name":"Missile","score":0.8899274468421936},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/state-vector","display_name":"State vector","score":0.5815843939781189},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.5435665845870972},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/control-theory","display_name":"Control theory (sociology)","score":0.4756838083267212},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/pursuer","display_name":"Pursuer","score":0.4724063277244568},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.3954141139984131},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/aerospace-engineering","display_name":"Aerospace engineering","score":0.3625977635383606},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.20332539081573486},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.1867506206035614},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematical-optimization","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","score":0.11964398622512817}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778857364","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q974850","display_name":"Missile","level":2,"score":0.8899274468421936},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777798563","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7603916","display_name":"State vector","level":2,"score":0.5815843939781189},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.5435665845870972},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C47446073","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5165890","display_name":"Control theory (sociology)","level":3,"score":0.4756838083267212},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776927521","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q468489","display_name":"Pursuer","level":2,"score":0.4724063277244568},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.3954141139984131},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C146978453","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3798668","display_name":"Aerospace engineering","level":1,"score":0.3625977635383606},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.20332539081573486},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.1867506206035614},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126255220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141495","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","level":1,"score":0.11964398622512817},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775924081","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55608371","display_name":"Control (management)","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C74650414","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11397","display_name":"Classical mechanics","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/taes.2021.3117086","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/taes.2021.3117086","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S193624734","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems","issn_l":"0018-9251","issn":["0018-9251","1557-9603","2371-9877"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":21,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1531532259","https://openalex.org/W1966907865","https://openalex.org/W1984329760","https://openalex.org/W2001322294","https://openalex.org/W2032128806","https://openalex.org/W2034217323","https://openalex.org/W2049659152","https://openalex.org/W2052117313","https://openalex.org/W2060986931","https://openalex.org/W2074831053","https://openalex.org/W2101542584","https://openalex.org/W2113082077","https://openalex.org/W2123850835","https://openalex.org/W2138299446","https://openalex.org/W2152256245","https://openalex.org/W2502930595","https://openalex.org/W3010424707","https://openalex.org/W3011534733","https://openalex.org/W3155416498","https://openalex.org/W4210710175","https://openalex.org/W4299732420"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2066061202","https://openalex.org/W114019308","https://openalex.org/W2134595317","https://openalex.org/W4285130069","https://openalex.org/W2058257072","https://openalex.org/W2091926052","https://openalex.org/W1956562143","https://openalex.org/W2547808144","https://openalex.org/W3123009522","https://openalex.org/W2184611791"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0],"a":[1,5,36,80,84,98,131,136,168],"pursuit":[2],"evasion":[3],"scenario,":[4],"missile":[6,37,56,111,148,204],"(pursuer)":[7],"launched":[8],"from":[9,47],"the":[10,13,27,43,55,73,103,107,110,120,147,151,159,174,179,188,208,211,217],"ground":[11],"or":[12,38],"air":[14],"aims":[15,149],"to":[16,59,186,206,216],"intercept":[17],"an":[18,31,48],"aircraft":[19,32,108,121],"(evader)":[20],"flying":[21],"in":[22,140],"formation.":[23],"This":[24],"article":[25],"considers":[26],"problem":[28,71],"of":[29,54,161,210],"whether":[30,173],"is":[33,57,94,117,139,144,156,176,184],"aimed":[34,177],"by":[35,62,119,178],"not,":[39],"based":[40],"only":[41],"on":[42,69,102,158],"line-of-sight":[44],"(LOS)":[45],"measurements":[46],"on-board":[49],"passive":[50,81],"sensor.":[51],"The":[52],"motion":[53,76],"assumed":[58],"be":[60],"governed":[61],"pure":[63],"proportional":[64],"navigation":[65],"guidance.":[66],"Previous":[67],"works":[68],"this":[70,141],"estimate":[72],"missile\u2019s":[74],"state":[75,113,218],"parameters,":[77],"which,":[78],"for":[79,171,190,200],"sensor,":[82],"requires":[83],"numerical":[85],"search,":[86],"i.e.,":[87],"significant":[88],"computation":[89],"time,":[90],"algorithm":[91],"complexity":[92],"and":[93,109,124,129,192,202,214],"ill-conditioned.":[95],"We":[96,165],"present":[97],"methodology":[99],"that":[100,146],"relies":[101],"geometric":[104],"relationship":[105],"between":[106],"without":[112],"estimation.":[114],"A":[115,153],"plane":[116],"defined":[118],"velocity":[122],"vector":[123,134],"one":[125],"aircraft-to-missile":[126],"LOS":[127,133],"vector,":[128],"if":[130],"second":[132],"at":[135,150],"subsequent":[137],"time":[138],"plane,":[142],"it":[143],"known":[145],"aircraft.":[152],"coplanarity":[154],"test":[155,169],"designed":[157],"basis":[160],"these":[162],"three":[163],"vectors.":[164],"then":[166],"provide":[167],"statistic":[170],"inferring":[172],"airplane":[175],"missile.":[180],"An":[181],"approximate":[182],"distribution":[183],"used":[185],"set":[187],"threshold":[189],"detection":[191],"false":[193],"alarm":[194],"probabilities.":[195],"Simulation":[196],"results":[197],"are":[198],"presented":[199],"surface-to-air":[201],"air-to-air":[203],"scenarios":[205],"illustrate":[207],"efficiency":[209],"proposed":[212],"method":[213],"compared":[215],"estimation":[219],"method.":[220]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}
