Accession Number:

ADA063219

Title:

Search for a Moving Target: Upper Bound on Detection Probability

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA

Personal Author(s):

• Washburn, Alan R.

Report Date:

1978-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

17.0

Abstract:

Existing algorithms for computing the optimal distribution of effort in search for a moving target operate by producing a sequence of progressively better distributions. This report shows how to compute an upper bound on the detection probability for each of those effort distributions in the case where the detection function is concave.

Descriptors:

• *MOVING TARGETS
• *SEARCHING
• ALGORITHMS
• OPTIMIZATION
• TIME
• TARGET DETECTION
• BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS
• PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS
• RANDOM VARIABLES

Subject Categories:

• Operations Research

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE