Table 11 Comparative performance and motion handling capabilities of UAV tracking algorithms.

From: Advanced algorithms for UAV tracking of targets exhibiting start-stop and irregular motion

Algorithm

HOTA

MOTA

IDF1

Handles Start-Stop Motion

Handles Irregular Motion

Real-Time Capable

Computational Complexity

Standard Kalman Filter

47.8

88.2

48.3

Poor

Poor

Yes

Low

Extended Kalman Filter

49.2

86.8

47.2

Moderate

Moderate

Yes

Medium

Unscented Kalman Filter

50.1

87.1

48.9

Moderate

Good

Yes

High

OC-SORT

51.8

87.6

50.5

Good

Good

Yes

Medium

UAVMOT with AMF

52.3

89.4

51.2

Good

Excellent

Yes

Medium-High

SFTrack

54.2

91.3

52.7

Excellent

Excellent

Yes

Medium

Flow-guided Margin Loss

53.1

90.2

51.8

Excellent

Excellent

No

High