Optimal Search and Interdiction Planning

Abstract

International law enforcement organizations around the world endeavor to combat high drug related mortality rates by seizing illicit drugs in transit over international waters. This mission requires effective plans that route multiple aerial searchers and position surface interdictors through large expanses of geographical areas in the presence of highly uncertain estimates about drug smuggler whereabouts. This high uncertainty combined with the challenge of coordinating search and interdiction make it particularly difficult to conduct mission planning. We present optimal search and interdiction models that address these important challenges and demonstrate how planners can used these models by applying them to a realistic counterdrug operation scenario.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 18, 2014
Accession Number
ADA613407

Entities

People

  • Jesse Pietz
  • Johannes Ø. Røyset

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Caribbean Sea
  • Central America
  • Detection
  • Dwell Time
  • Dynamic Programming
  • El Salvador
  • Interdiction
  • Latitude
  • Longitude
  • Nonlinear Programming
  • Operations Research
  • Search Theory
  • Targets
  • Task Forces
  • Uncertainty

Readers

  • Operations Research
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.