Optimal Search for Moving Targets (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 237
Release date:	April 2018
First published:	2016
Authors:	Lawrence D. Stone • Johannes O. Royset • Alan R Washburn
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	211
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-80038-7
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Probability & statistics Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management & management techniques > Operational research Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Sales & marketing > Market research Promotions
LSN:	3-319-80038-8
Barcode:	9783319800387

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