Target tracking algorithms are important for a number of applications, including: physics, air traffic control, ground vehicle monitoring, and processing medical images. The probabilistic data association algorithm, in conjunction with the Kalman filter (KF), is one of the most popular and wellstudied strategies. The relatively new smooth variable structure filter (SVSF) offers a robust and stable estimation strategy under the presence of modeling errors, unlike the KF method. The purpose of this paper is to introduce and formulate the SVSF-PDA, which can be used for target tracking. A simple example is used to compare the estimation results of the popular KF-PDA with the new SVSF-PDA.
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