Modeling the search for a randomly moving target by a patrolling searcher
Contributors: Eagle, James N.; Bailey, Michael P.
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Description: This thesis develops a model, called Area Motion Search (AMS), that determines the detection probability for a patrolling sensor searching for a randomly moving target in a fixed area. The AMS model reduces to exhaustive search when the target is stationary and to random search when the searcher is stationary. Thus, AMS is a bridge between these two often used models in search theory, and provides a unified treatment of both.
Notes: Thesis advisors, J.N. Eagle and M.P. Bailey.

Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research) Naval Postgraduate School, Sept. 1992.

Bibliography: p. 47.

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