Masters Theses
Abstract
"Land mine detection using metal detector (MD) and ground penetrating radar (GPR) sensors in hand-held units is a difficult problem. Detection difficulties arise for several reasons, including the varying composition and type of metal in land mines and the time-varying nature of backgrounds, among others. This research explores spatially distributed MD features for differentiating land mine signatures from backgrounds. The spatially distributed features involve correlating sequences of MD energy values with six weighted density distribution functions. These features are evaluated using a standard back propagation neural network on real data sets containing more than 2,300 mine encounters of different size, shape, content and metal composition that are measured under different soil conditions. The effectiveness of these features to detect landmines of varying metal composition and type is investigated. Also, experimental results are presented from statistical analysis for feature assessment"--Abstract, page iii.
Advisor(s)
Stanley, R. Joe
Committee Member(s)
Miller, Ann K.
Dagli, Cihan H., 1949-
Department(s)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Degree Name
M.S. in Electrical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Publication Date
Summer 2002
Pagination
viii, 38 pages
Note about bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 36-37).
Rights
© 2002 Satish Chandra Somanchi, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Thesis - Restricted Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Subject Headings
Land mines -- Detection
Mines (Military explosives) -- Detection
Thesis Number
T 8103
Print OCLC #
52560603
Link to Catalog Record
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http://merlin.lib.umsystem.edu/record=b4967899~S5Recommended Citation
Somanchi, Satish, "The application of weighted density distribution functions to landmine detection using hand-held units" (2002). Masters Theses. 2222.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/2222
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