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Optimal Search for Moving Targets

Author : Lawrence D. Stone
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319268996
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book Optimal Search for Moving Targets written by Lawrence D. Stone and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-06 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book begins with a review of basic results in optimal search for a stationary target. It then develops the theory of optimal search for a moving target, providing algorithms for computing optimal plans and examples of their use. Next it develops methods for computing optimal search plans involving multiple targets and multiple searchers with realistic operational constraints on search movement. These results assume that the target does not react to the search. In the final chapter there is a brief overview of mostly military problems where the target tries to avoid being found as well as rescue or rendezvous problems where the target and the searcher cooperate. Larry Stone wrote his definitive book Theory of Optimal Search in 1975, dealing almost exclusively with the stationary target search problem. Since then the theory has advanced to encompass search for targets that move even as the search proceeds, and computers have developed sufficient capability to employ the improved theory. In this book, Stone joins Royset and Washburn to document and explain this expanded theory of search. The problem of how to search for moving targets arises every day in military, rescue, law enforcement, and border patrol operations.

Search Theory

Author : David V. Chudnovsky
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000950735
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Search Theory written by David V. Chudnovsky and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2023-05-09 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the solution of an optimal search problem with an exponential detection function. Covers one- and two-sided detection problems by furnishing continuous and discret time strategies; examines two-sided search strategies with solutions in hide and seek games in many discrete and continuous bounded

Studies on the Optimal Search Plan

Author : Koji Iida
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 146122876X
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (612 download)

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Download or read book Studies on the Optimal Search Plan written by Koji Iida and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Search theory is concerned with the location of a 'target' given imprecise information concerning its location. The subject has a variety of applications such as locating missing people in wilderness or at sea, searching for mineral deposits, medical diagnosis, and searching for malfunctions in industrial processes. This volume is concerned with search strategies which are optimal in the sense that they minimize the 'risk' or cost of a search where this may be measured in factors such as time or money. Consequently, the author discusses a range of mathematical techniques including non-linear programming, fractional programming, dynamic programming, the calculus of variation, and the Pontryagin maximum principle from optimal control theory. Many numerical examples are presented in order to illustrate the effectiveness of particular techniques. As a result, this book will provide all researchers in search theory with an up-to-date account of this important area of operations research.

Probabilistic Search for Tracking Targets

Author : Irad Ben-Gal
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118597044
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (185 download)

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Download or read book Probabilistic Search for Tracking Targets written by Irad Ben-Gal and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-03-25 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a probabilistic and information-theoretic framework for a search for static or moving targets in discrete time and space. Probabilistic Search for Tracking Targets uses an information-theoretic scheme to present a unified approach for known search methods to allow the development of new algorithms of search. The book addresses search methods under different constraints and assumptions, such as search uncertainty under incomplete information, probabilistic search scheme, observation errors, group testing, search games, distribution of search efforts, single and multiple targets and search agents, as well as online or offline search schemes. The proposed approach is associated with path planning techniques, optimal search algorithms, Markov decision models, decision trees, stochastic local search, artificial intelligence and heuristic information-seeking methods. Furthermore, this book presents novel methods of search for static and moving targets along with practical algorithms of partitioning and search and screening. Probabilistic Search for Tracking Targets includes complete material for undergraduate and graduate courses in modern applications of probabilistic search, decision-making and group testing, and provides several directions for further research in the search theory. The authors: Provide a generalized information-theoretic approach to the problem of real-time search for both static and moving targets over a discrete space. Present a theoretical framework, which covers known information-theoretic algorithms of search, and forms a basis for development and analysis of different algorithms of search over probabilistic space. Use numerous examples of group testing, search and path planning algorithms to illustrate direct implementation in the form of running routines. Consider a relation of the suggested approach with known search theories and methods such as search and screening theory, search games, Markov decision process models of search, data mining methods, coding theory and decision trees. Discuss relevant search applications, such as quality-control search for nonconforming units in a batch or a military search for a hidden target. Provide an accompanying website featuring the algorithms discussed throughout the book, along with practical implementations procedures.

Theory of Optimal Search

Author :
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080956270
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Theory of Optimal Search written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1976-01-20 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, we study theoretical and practical aspects of computing methods for mathematical modelling of nonlinear systems. A number of computing techniques are considered, such as methods of operator approximation with any given accuracy; operator interpolation techniques including a non-Lagrange interpolation; methods of system representation subject to constraints associated with concepts of causality, memory and stationarity; methods of system representation with an accuracy that is the best within a given class of models; methods of covariance matrix estimation;methods for low-rank matrix approximations; hybrid methods based on a combination of iterative procedures and best operator approximation; andmethods for information compression and filtering under condition that a filter model should satisfy restrictions associated with causality and different types of memory.As a result, the book represents a blend of new methods in general computational analysis,and specific, but also generic, techniques for study of systems theory ant its particularbranches, such as optimal filtering and information compression.- Best operator approximation,- Non-Lagrange interpolation,- Generic Karhunen-Loeve transform- Generalised low-rank matrix approximation- Optimal data compression- Optimal nonlinear filtering

Modeling and Control of Complex Systems

Author : Petros A. Ioannou
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0849379865
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (493 download)

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Download or read book Modeling and Control of Complex Systems written by Petros A. Ioannou and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2007-12-26 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehension of complex systems comes from an understanding of not only the behavior of constituent elements but how they act together to form the behavior of the whole. However, given the multidisciplinary nature of complex systems, the scattering of information across different areas creates a chaotic situation for those trying to understand pos

Naval Research Logistics Quarterly

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 744 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Naval Research Logistics Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Search and Foraging

Author : Eugene Kagan
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1482242109
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (822 download)

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Download or read book Search and Foraging written by Eugene Kagan and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-06-23 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the start of modern computing, the studies of living organisms have inspired the progress in developing computers and intelligent machines. In particular, the methods of search and foraging are the benchmark problems for robotics and multi-agent systems. The highly developed theory of search and screening involves optimal search plans that ar

Search Theory and Applications

Author : K. Haley
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461591880
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (615 download)

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Download or read book Search Theory and Applications written by K. Haley and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The NATO Advanced Research Institute on Search Theory and Appli cations was held at the Hotel Algarve in Praia Da Rocha, Portugal, from March 26 through March 30, 1979, and was sponsored by the NATO Special Programme Panel on Systems Science. There were forty-one participants representing a wide range of backgrounds and interests. The purpose of the institute was to bring together people working in search theory and applications with potential users of search techniques to stimulate the increased application of recent ly developed search technology to civilian problems such as search and rescue, mineral exploration, surveillance, and fishing. Con versely, it was felt that by exposing search analysts to potential applications and new problems, they would be stimulated to develop new techniques for these applications and problems. The exchange of ideas and problems necessary to accomplish these goals was provided in the meeting workshops. There were three workshops, Search and Rescue, Exploration, and Surveillance and Fishing, each consisting of a small group of search analysts and potential users working together to define areas in which search theory and technology can be applied and to outline plans for im plementation. At the end of the conference, each working group submitted a report outlining possible areas of search applications and discussing problems which needed to be solved in order to im plement these applications.

Modelling, Computation and Optimization in Information Systems and Management Sciences

Author : Hoai An Le Thi
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319181610
Total Pages : 521 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book Modelling, Computation and Optimization in Information Systems and Management Sciences written by Hoai An Le Thi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-04 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This proceedings set contains 85 selected full papers presented at the 3rd International Conference on Modelling, Computation and Optimization in Information Systems and Management Sciences - MCO 2015, held on May 11–13, 2015 at Lorraine University, France. The present part I of the 2 volume set includes articles devoted to Combinatorial optimization and applications, DC programming and DCA: thirty years of Developments, Dynamic Optimization, Modelling and Optimization in financial engineering, Multiobjective programming, Numerical Optimization, Spline Approximation and Optimization, as well as Variational Principles and Applications.

Advanced Computational Methods for Knowledge Engineering

Author : Ngoc Thanh Nguyen
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319002937
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Advanced Computational Methods for Knowledge Engineering written by Ngoc Thanh Nguyen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-03-22 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book consists of 29 extended chapters which have been selected and invited from the submissions to the 1st International Conference on Computer Science, Applied Mathematics and Applications (ICCSAMA 2013) held on 9-10 May, 2013 in Warsaw, Poland. The book is organized into five parts, which are: Advanced Optimization Methods and Their Applications, Queuing Theory and Applications, Computational Methods for Knowledge Engineering, Knowledge Engineering with Cloud and Grid Computing, and Logic Based Methods for Decision Making and Data Mining, respectively. All chapters in the book discuss theoretical and practical issues connected with computational methods and optimization methods for knowledge engineering.

Naval Research Reviews

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Naval Research Reviews written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming - CP 2012

Author : Michela Milano
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3642335586
Total Pages : 1034 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (423 download)

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Download or read book Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming - CP 2012 written by Michela Milano and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-10-03 with total page 1034 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2012), held in Québec, Canada, in October 2012. The 68 revised full papers were carefully selected from 186 submissions. Beside the technical program, the conference featured two special tracks. The former was the traditional application track, which focused on industrial and academic uses of constraint technology and its comparison and integration with other optimization techniques (MIP, local search, SAT, etc.) The second track, featured for the first time in 2012, concentrated on multidisciplinary papers: cross-cutting methodology and challenging applications collecting papers that link CP technology with other techniques like machine learning, data mining, game theory, simulation, knowledge compilation, visualization, control theory, and robotics. In addition, the track focused on challenging application fields with a high social impact such as CP for life sciences, sustainability, energy efficiency, web, social sciences, finance, and verification.

Control and Dynamic Systems V30: Advances in Algorithms and Computational Techniques in Dynamic System Control Part 3 of 3

Author : C.T. Leonides
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0323162371
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (231 download)

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Book Synopsis Control and Dynamic Systems V30: Advances in Algorithms and Computational Techniques in Dynamic System Control Part 3 of 3 by : C.T. Leonides

Download or read book Control and Dynamic Systems V30: Advances in Algorithms and Computational Techniques in Dynamic System Control Part 3 of 3 written by C.T. Leonides and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Control and Dynamic Systems: Advances in Theory in Applications, Volume 30: Advances in Algorithms and Computational Techniques in Dynamic Systems Control, Part 3 of 3 discusses developments in algorithms and computational techniques for control and dynamic systems. This volume begins with the issue of decision making or optimal control in the natural environment. It then discusses large-scale systems composed of multiple sensors; algorithms for systems with multiplicative noise; stochastic differential games; Markovian targets; low-cost microcomputer and true digital control systems; and algorithms for the design of teleoperated systems. This book is an important reference for practitioners in the field who want a comprehensive source of techniques with significant applied implications.

Partially Observed Markov Decision Processes

Author : Vikram Krishnamurthy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316594785
Total Pages : 491 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (165 download)

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Book Synopsis Partially Observed Markov Decision Processes by : Vikram Krishnamurthy

Download or read book Partially Observed Markov Decision Processes written by Vikram Krishnamurthy and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-21 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering formulation, algorithms, and structural results, and linking theory to real-world applications in controlled sensing (including social learning, adaptive radars and sequential detection), this book focuses on the conceptual foundations of partially observed Markov decision processes (POMDPs). It emphasizes structural results in stochastic dynamic programming, enabling graduate students and researchers in engineering, operations research, and economics to understand the underlying unifying themes without getting weighed down by mathematical technicalities. Bringing together research from across the literature, the book provides an introduction to nonlinear filtering followed by a systematic development of stochastic dynamic programming, lattice programming and reinforcement learning for POMDPs. Questions addressed in the book include: when does a POMDP have a threshold optimal policy? When are myopic policies optimal? How do local and global decision makers interact in adaptive decision making in multi-agent social learning where there is herding and data incest? And how can sophisticated radars and sensors adapt their sensing in real time?

Multi-UAS Minimum Time Search in Dynamic and Uncertain Environments

Author : Sara Pérez Carabaza
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030765598
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Multi-UAS Minimum Time Search in Dynamic and Uncertain Environments written by Sara Pérez Carabaza and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-06-30 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book proposes some novel approaches for finding unmanned aerial vehicle trajectories to reach targets with unknown location in minimum time. At first, it reviews probabilistic search algorithms that have been used for dealing with the minimum time search (MTS) problem, and discusses how metaheuristics, and in particular the ant colony optimization algorithm (ACO), can help to find high-quality solutions with low computational time. Then, it describes two ACO-based approaches to solve the discrete MTS problem and the continuous MTS problem, respectively. In turn, it reports on the evaluation of the ACO-based discrete and continuous approaches to the MTS problem in different simulated scenarios, showing that the methods outperform in most all the cases over other state-of-the-art approaches. In the last part of the thesis, the work of integration of the proposed techniques in the ground control station developed by Airbus to control ATLANTE UAV is reported in detail, providing practical insights into the implementation of these methods for real UAVs.

Cooperative search for moving targets with the ability to perceive and evade using multiple UAVs

Author : Ziyi Wang
Publisher : OAE Publishing Inc.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 27 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Cooperative search for moving targets with the ability to perceive and evade using multiple UAVs by : Ziyi Wang

Download or read book Cooperative search for moving targets with the ability to perceive and evade using multiple UAVs written by Ziyi Wang and published by OAE Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2023-10-28 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper focuses on the problem of regional cooperative search using multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for targets that have the ability to perceive and evade. When UAVs search for moving targets in a mission area, the targets can perceive the positions and flight direction of UAVs within certain limits and take corresponding evasive actions, which makes the search more challenging than traditional search problems. To address this problem, we first define a detailed motion model for such targets and design various search information maps and their update methods to describe the environmental information based on the prediction of moving targets and the search results of UAVs. We then establish a multi-UAV search path planning optimization model based on the model predictive control, which includes various newly designed objective functions of search benefits and costs. We propose a priority-encoded improved genetic algorithm with a fine-adjustment mechanism to solve this model. The simulation results show that the proposed method can effectively improve the cooperative search efficiency, and more targets can be found at a much faster rate compared to traditional search methods.