OPTIMAL MONITORING OF SENSOR NETWORKS

Abstract

Sensor networks form a key part of the growing infrastructure for making informed decisions concerning available and potential data. Data can take many forms (e.g., telemetry, environmental, geostatistical, financial, etc.), and in all cases, a potentially massive amount of data can be collected, and then used to make decisions about safety, for example. Networks have limited bandwidth, and there are enormous computational challenges for rapidly processing data and even storing it. Because of these challenges, it is very important to identify the most important sources-locations for monitoring, so that we can make optimal decisions. As sensor networks become larger and larger it becomes more important to determine a manageable subset of sensors from which to collect and analyze data for the basis of making decisions. The Maximum Entropy Sampling Problem provides a mathematically rigorous, implementable framework for the problem of optimally selecting such a subset sensors, or more general data sources, that is independent of the application domain.

Document Details

Document Type
DoD Grant Award
Publication Date
Jan 14, 2022
Source ID
FA95501910175

Entities

People

  • Jon Lee

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • Board of Regents of the University of Michigan
  • United States Air Force

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development