Modeling sequential searches with ancillary target dependencies

DOI10.1155/2010/472809MaRDI QIDQ965877zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Thomas A. Wettergren, John G. Baylog

Publication date 26 April 2010

Published in Advances in Decision Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://eudml.org/doc/222598, https://semanticscholar.org/paper/123327bff93e48da6620de5e00256d11d979a3c6

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Search theory (90B40)

Review text

Summary: We develop a mathematical modeling approach to evaluate the effectiveness of a Bayesian search for objects in cases where the target exhibits ancillary dependencies. These dependencies occur in situations where there are multiple search passes of the same region, and they represent a change in search probability from that predicted using an assumption of independent scans. This variation from independent scans is typically found in situations of advanced detection processing due to fusion and/or collaboration between searchers. The framework developed is based upon the evaluation of a recursion process over spatial search cells, and the dependencies appear as additive utility components within the recursion. We derive expressions for evaluating this utility and illustrate in detail some specific instantiations of the dependency. Computational examples are provided to demonstrate the capabilities of the method.

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