design kalman filter for radar tracking witout using functions in matlab

To design a Kalman filter for radar tracking in MATLAB without using built-in functions, you can follow these steps:

  1. Initialize the state vector, measurement vector, and covariance matrices:
main.m
% State vector: [x, y, vx, vy] where (x, y) is the position and (vx, vy) is the velocity
x = [initial_x; initial_y; initial_vx; initial_vy];
% Measurement vector: [range, angle] where range is the distance from the radar and angle is the angle of the target
z = [initial_range; initial_angle];
% State covariance matrix
P = eye(4); % assumes equal and small initial uncertainty for position and velocity
% Process noise covariance matrix
Q = diag([q_pos; q_pos; q_vel; q_vel]); % assumes equal and small process noise for position and velocity
% Measurement noise covariance matrix
R = diag([r_range; r_angle]); % assumes equal and small measurement noise for range and angle
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  1. Define the state transition matrix:
main.m
dt = 1; % time step
A = [1 0 dt 0; 0 1 0 dt; 0 0 1 0; 0 0 0 1]; % assumes constant velocity model
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  1. Perform the prediction step of the Kalman filter:
main.m
x = A * x; % predict the next state
P = A * P * A' + Q; % predict the next state covariance
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  1. Perform the update step of the Kalman filter:
main.m
% Compute the measurement matrix H based on the state vector x
H = [sqrt(x(1)^2 + x(2)^2) 0 0 0; x(2) / sqrt(x(1)^2 + x(2)^2) 0 x(1) / sqrt(x(1)^2 + x(2)^2) 0];
% Compute the residual between the predicted measurement and the actual measurement
residual = z - H * x;
% Compute the Kalman gain
K = P * H' / (H * P * H' + R);
% Update the state vector and the covariance matrix
x = x + K * residual;
P = (eye(4) - K * H) * P;
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  1. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each new measurement received from the radar.

Note: In this example, I assumed a constant velocity model for simplicity. You may need to adjust the model and matrices based on your specific radar system.

Remember to initialize the variables with suitable initial values and adjust the process noise (q_pos and q_vel) and measurement noise (r_range and r_angle) parameters according to your application.

This implementation is a basic example to get you started with Kalman filtering for radar tracking. For more complex scenarios, you may need to consider additional factors such as acceleration, multiple targets, or non-linear models.

Also, keep in mind that there are built-in MATLAB functions, such as kalman or trackingKF, that can simplify the implementation and provide additional features.

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