Network Abstract Linear Programming with Application to Cooperative Target Localization

Abstract

We identify a novel class of distributed optimization problems, namely a networked version of abstract linear programming. For such problems we propose distributed algorithms for networks with various connectivity and/or memory constraints. Finally, we show how a suitable target localization problem can be tackled through appropriate linear programs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2009
Accession Number
AD1005724

Entities

People

  • Francesco Bullo
  • Giuseppe Notarstefano

Organizations

  • University of California, Santa Barbara

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Algorithms
  • Computations
  • Computer Programming
  • Detectors
  • Distributed Computing
  • Electronic Mail
  • Linear Programming
  • Mathematical Models
  • Moving Targets
  • Networks
  • Numbers
  • Optimization
  • Parallel Computing
  • Sensor Networks
  • Target Tracking
  • Targets

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Operations Research
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.