Analytical models for mobile sensor (UAV) coverage of a region
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Authors
Gaver, D.P.
Jacobs, P.A.
Stoneman, J.
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Advisors
Date of Issue
1998-05-00
Date
1998-05-00
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
The effective use of mobile sensors (UAVs for example, but not exclusively) to investigate own and opponent force status in geographical regions requires planning to
compensate for their limitations. These limitations include finite endurance, and realistic mission unreliability: the failure propensities of platform and sensing packages, and the consequent need for maintenance and logistics support. This paper supplies analytical {mathematical) models (AMM) to assist planners, and
the acquirers and operational testers of mobile sensor assets. The results are formulas (that can be quickly evaluated numerically) for the expected time on station (fraction of time a region has sensor presence) of several cooperatively operating systems supported by several maintenance facilities. These results can be used to estimate the number of sensors of a particular type needed to cover a region adequately. Limited evidence indicates usefully satisfactory agreement between analytical model
estimates and those from more detailed and elaborate Monte Carlo simulations (MCS).
Type
Technical Report
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Department
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
NPS-IJWA-98-000
Sponsors
Funder
Institute for Joint Warfare Analysis (IJWA)
Format
18 pp. 28 cm (595 KB)
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.