Global Sensor Management: Military Asset Allocation

Abstract

The USAF maintains a network of sensors for a variety of purposes including detecting threats, collecting intelligence, and monitoring space. Because of its nature, the network must be able to complete all its varying missions with consistently high probability. Thus, there is a need to assign the sensors to tasks and functions so as to maximize the network's capability to meet its objectives. While it is possible to determine the best allocation based on a total enumeration of potential sensor assignments, this is intractable for large problems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 06, 2009
Accession Number
ADA515353

Entities

People

  • Ben J. Lobo
  • Curtis M. Mears
  • Johnathon L. Dulin
  • Kristin Arney
  • Reha Uzsoy
  • Thom J. Hodgson

Organizations

  • North Carolina State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Basic Programming Language
  • Computer Programming
  • Confidence Limits
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detectors
  • North Carolina
  • Operations Research
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Radar
  • Reliability
  • Sensor Networks
  • Surveillance
  • Systems Engineering
  • United States Military Academy
  • United States Strategic Command

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Operations Research

Technology Areas

  • Space