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First, the radar system signal model and array space configuration model for the PA-MIMO radar are established. Then, a novel likelihood ratio test (LRT) detector is derived based on the Neyman\u2013Pearson (NP) criterion in a fixed noise background. It can jointly optimize the coherent processing gain and spatial diversity gain of the system by implementing subarray level and array element level optimal configuration at both receiver and transmitter ends in a uniform blocking manner. On this basis, three typical optimization problems are discussed from three aspects, i.e., the detection probability, the effective radar range, and the radar system equipment volume. The approximate closed-form solutions of them are constructed and solved by the proposed quantum particle swarm optimization-based stochastic rounding (SR-QPSO) algorithm. Through the simulations, it is verified that the proposed optimal configuration of the hybrid distributed PA-MIMO radar system offers substantial improvements compared to the other typical radar systems, detection probability of 0.98, and an effective range of 1166.3 km, which significantly improves the detection performance.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs14174129","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,24]],"date-time":"2022-08-24T02:55:34Z","timestamp":1661309734000},"page":"4129","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Optimal Configuration of Array Elements for Hybrid Distributed PA-MIMO Radar System Based on Target Detection"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6209-9462","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Cheng","family":"Qi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Air and Missile Defense College, Air Force Engineering University, Xi\u2019an 710051, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Junwei","family":"Xie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Air and Missile Defense College, Air Force Engineering University, Xi\u2019an 710051, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Haowei","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Air and Missile Defense College, Air Force Engineering University, Xi\u2019an 710051, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zihang","family":"Ding","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Air and Missile Defense College, Air Force Engineering University, Xi\u2019an 710051, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7095-6276","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xiao","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Air and Missile Defense College, Air Force Engineering University, Xi\u2019an 710051, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,23]]},"reference":[{"unstructured":"Fishler, E., Haimovich, A., Blum, R., Chizhik, D., Cimini, L., and Valenzuela, R. 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