Optimizing a System of Threshold-based Sensors with Application to Biosurveillance

Abstract

These briefing charts discuss biosurveillance, and goals, issues and results. The term biosurveillance means the process of active data gathering, of biosphere data, in order to achieve early warning of health threats, early detection of health events and overall situational awareness of disease activity. The goal is early detection of disease outbreak and/or bioterrorism. The issue is currently detection thresholds set naively; equally for all sensors, ignores differential probability of attack. The result is high false alarm rates, and loss of credibility.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 28, 2008
Accession Number
ADA515981

Entities

People

  • Ronald F. Fricker Jr.

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Engineering
  • False Alarms
  • False Signals
  • Health
  • Homeland Security
  • Hospitals
  • National Security
  • Operations Research
  • Probability
  • Public Health
  • Reliability Engineering
  • Security
  • Situational Awareness
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Regression Analysis.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology