{"id":"https://openalex.org/W1975511713","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tcst.2012.2221092","title":"Active Target Tracking and Cooperative Localization for Teams of Aerial Vehicles","display_name":"Active Target Tracking and Cooperative Localization for Teams of Aerial Vehicles","publication_year":2012,"publication_date":"2012-11-21","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W1975511713","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tcst.2012.2221092","mag":"1975511713"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tcst.2012.2221092","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tcst.2012.2221092","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S133363738","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology","issn_l":"1063-6536","issn":["1063-6536","1558-0865","2374-0159"],"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 Control Systems Technology","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/A5026787189","display_name":"Fabio Morbidi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7187-3410"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I189196454","display_name":"The University of Texas at Arlington","ror":"https://ror.org/019kgqr73","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I189196454"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Fabio Morbidi","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA","[Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA]"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I189196454"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"[Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA]","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I189196454"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5113627127","display_name":"Gian Luca Mariottini","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I189196454","display_name":"The University of Texas at Arlington","ror":"https://ror.org/019kgqr73","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I189196454"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Gian Luca Mariottini","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA","[Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA]"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I189196454"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"[Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA]","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I189196454"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I189196454"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":4.3567,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":124,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.94460113,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"21","issue":"5","first_page":"1694","last_page":"1707"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10249","display_name":"Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems","score":0.9997000098228455,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10249","display_name":"Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems","score":0.9997000098228455,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"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":0.9988999962806702,"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"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11133","display_name":"UAV Applications and Optimization","score":0.9969000220298767,"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"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/position","display_name":"Position (finance)","score":0.7014824151992798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/kalman-filter","display_name":"Kalman filter","score":0.6683542728424072},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/control-theory","display_name":"Control theory (sociology)","score":0.6521769762039185},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/monotonic-function","display_name":"Monotonic function","score":0.5307286381721497},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/tracking","display_name":"Tracking (education)","score":0.527515709400177},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.5211812853813171},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/extended-kalman-filter","display_name":"Extended Kalman filter","score":0.5086530447006226},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sensor-fusion","display_name":"Sensor fusion","score":0.4569348692893982},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/filter","display_name":"Filter (signal processing)","score":0.42178231477737427},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/range","display_name":"Range (aeronautics)","score":0.4144645929336548},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/vehicle-dynamics","display_name":"Vehicle dynamics","score":0.41202038526535034},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/control","display_name":"Control (management)","score":0.37247514724731445},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematical-optimization","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","score":0.3369906544685364},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.2968359887599945},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.25774139165878296},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.19894254207611084},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-vision","display_name":"Computer vision","score":0.11944311857223511}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C198082294","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3399648","display_name":"Position (finance)","level":2,"score":0.7014824151992798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C157286648","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q846780","display_name":"Kalman filter","level":2,"score":0.6683542728424072},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C47446073","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5165890","display_name":"Control theory (sociology)","level":3,"score":0.6521769762039185},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C72169020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194404","display_name":"Monotonic function","level":2,"score":0.5307286381721497},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775936607","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466845","display_name":"Tracking (education)","level":2,"score":0.527515709400177},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5211812853813171},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C206833254","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5421817","display_name":"Extended Kalman filter","level":3,"score":0.5086530447006226},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33954974","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q486494","display_name":"Sensor fusion","level":2,"score":0.4569348692893982},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C106131492","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3072260","display_name":"Filter (signal processing)","level":2,"score":0.42178231477737427},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C204323151","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q905424","display_name":"Range (aeronautics)","level":2,"score":0.4144645929336548},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C79487989","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q934680","display_name":"Vehicle dynamics","level":2,"score":0.41202038526535034},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775924081","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55608371","display_name":"Control (management)","level":2,"score":0.37247514724731445},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126255220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141495","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","level":1,"score":0.3369906544685364},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.2968359887599945},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.25774139165878296},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.19894254207611084},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31972630","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q844240","display_name":"Computer vision","level":1,"score":0.11944311857223511},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C19417346","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7922","display_name":"Pedagogy","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C146978453","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3798668","display_name":"Aerospace engineering","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C134306372","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7754","display_name":"Mathematical analysis","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C171146098","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124192","display_name":"Automotive engineering","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C10138342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43015","display_name":"Finance","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tcst.2012.2221092","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tcst.2012.2221092","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S133363738","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology","issn_l":"1063-6536","issn":["1063-6536","1558-0865","2374-0159"],"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 Control Systems Technology","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.639.3582","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.639.3582","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"http://www.dii.unisi.it/~morbidi/Eng/documenti/articoli/MoMa_TCST12.pdf","raw_type":"text"},{"id":"pmh:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.705.9379","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.705.9379","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"http://ranger.uta.edu/%7Egianluca/papers/MoMa_TCST13.pdf","raw_type":"text"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":53,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W316798226","https://openalex.org/W613360614","https://openalex.org/W1506975760","https://openalex.org/W1526832592","https://openalex.org/W1528184823","https://openalex.org/W1531532259","https://openalex.org/W1537335979","https://openalex.org/W1548553338","https://openalex.org/W1551784909","https://openalex.org/W1578630563","https://openalex.org/W1586251222","https://openalex.org/W1788292158","https://openalex.org/W1978180829","https://openalex.org/W1981455883","https://openalex.org/W1984747682","https://openalex.org/W2002489438","https://openalex.org/W2021455238","https://openalex.org/W2038561575","https://openalex.org/W2039728842","https://openalex.org/W2044803016","https://openalex.org/W2048922416","https://openalex.org/W2055300044","https://openalex.org/W2063463795","https://openalex.org/W2104969271","https://openalex.org/W2105837036","https://openalex.org/W2106609574","https://openalex.org/W2106706569","https://openalex.org/W2107638881","https://openalex.org/W2109957651","https://openalex.org/W2114144879","https://openalex.org/W2115033790","https://openalex.org/W2117035027","https://openalex.org/W2122443071","https://openalex.org/W2125069195","https://openalex.org/W2135261995","https://openalex.org/W2135536848","https://openalex.org/W2141426220","https://openalex.org/W2142425726","https://openalex.org/W2143670637","https://openalex.org/W2143711883","https://openalex.org/W2143964548","https://openalex.org/W2148182166","https://openalex.org/W2155377758","https://openalex.org/W2155881359","https://openalex.org/W2157785775","https://openalex.org/W2160540358","https://openalex.org/W2169297812","https://openalex.org/W2493202208","https://openalex.org/W3099664902","https://openalex.org/W3140548794","https://openalex.org/W4231011685","https://openalex.org/W4240790602","https://openalex.org/W4249367373"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2103062922","https://openalex.org/W2162299404","https://openalex.org/W2103761320","https://openalex.org/W2358167375","https://openalex.org/W2031992971","https://openalex.org/W116564642","https://openalex.org/W1983380679","https://openalex.org/W1981649169","https://openalex.org/W2357354286","https://openalex.org/W2388705266"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0],"paper":[1],"studies":[2],"the":[3,27,37,42,62,68,71,74,77,80,83,108,115,123,146,154,158,164,173,176,180,184,194],"active":[4,58,98],"target-tracking":[5],"problem":[6],"for":[7,40],"a":[8,21,47,51,91],"team":[9],"of":[10,73,82,125,132,157,175,186],"unmanned":[11],"aerial":[12,109],"vehicles":[13,63,84,110],"equipped":[14],"with":[15],"3-D":[16,116],"range-finding":[17],"sensors.":[18],"We":[19],"propose":[20],"gradient-based":[22],"control":[23,55],"strategy":[24,56],"that":[25,66,79,131],"encompasses":[26],"three":[28],"major":[29],"optimum":[30],"experimental":[31],"design":[32],"criteria,":[33],"and":[34,49,93,101,130,142,148,179],"we":[35,89,138],"use":[36],"Kalman":[38],"filter":[39],"estimating":[41],"target's":[43],"position":[44,81,128,150],"both":[45,122],"in":[46,50,114,118],"cooperative":[48,99],"noncooperative":[52],"scenario.":[53],"Our":[54],"is":[57,85],"because":[59],"it":[60],"moves":[61],"along":[64],"paths":[65],"minimize":[67],"uncertainty":[69,151],"about":[70],"location":[72],"target.":[75],"In":[76,105],"case":[78],"not":[86],"perfectly":[87],"known,":[88],"introduce":[90],"new":[92],"more":[94],"challenging":[95],"problem,":[96,107],"termed":[97],"localization":[100],"multitarget":[102],"tracking":[103],"(ACLMT).":[104],"this":[106],"must":[111],"reconfigure":[112],"themselves":[113],"space":[117],"order":[119],"to":[120,171],"maximize":[121],"accuracy":[124,178],"their":[126],"own":[127],"estimate":[129],"multiple":[133],"moving":[134],"targets.":[135],"For":[136],"ACLMT,":[137],"derive":[139],"analytical":[140],"lower":[141],"upper":[143],"bounds":[144,168],"on":[145,183],"targets'":[147,181],"vehicles'":[149],"by":[152],"exploiting":[153],"monotonicity":[155],"property":[156],"Riccati":[159],"differential":[160],"equation":[161],"arising":[162],"from":[163],"Kalman-Bucy":[165],"filter.":[166],"These":[167],"allow":[169],"us":[170],"study":[172],"impact":[174],"sensors'":[177],"dynamics":[182],"performance":[185],"our":[187],"coordination":[188],"strategy.":[189],"Extensive":[190],"simulation":[191],"experiments":[192],"illustrate":[193],"proposed":[195],"theoretical":[196],"results.":[197]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":12},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":16},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":18},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":12},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}