Modeling the Search for a Randomly Moving Target by a Patrolling Searcher

Abstract

This thesis develops a model, called Area Motion Search (AMS), that determines the detection probability for a patrolling sensor searching for a randomly moving target in a fixed area. The AMS model reduces to exhaustive search when the target is stationary and to random search when the searcher is stationary. Thus, AMS is a bridge between these two often used models in search theory, and provides a unified treatment of both.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA257970

Entities

People

  • William J. Lohr

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Data Analysis
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Diffuse Reflection
  • Geometry
  • Intervals
  • Moving Targets
  • Operations Research
  • Patrolling
  • Probability
  • Random Variables
  • Schools
  • Search Theory
  • Simulations
  • Time Intervals
  • United States
  • Validation

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