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An automated surface surveillance system

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  • K Y K Ng

    (Department of National Defence
    School of Management, University of Ottawa)

  • A Ghanmi

    (Department of National Defence)

Abstract

This paper describes an automated surface surveillance system, developed on behalf of the Government of Canada to detect and track illegal vessels. The scenario involves a moving target having speed significantly less than the searcher speed, slowly approaching Canada's coastline. The crux of the surveillance problem is to determine the sequence of sub-regions to search in order to maximize the probability of target detection. The complexity of our surveillance problem lies in the absence of knowledge on the target location, speeds and course. Additionally, the searcher is frequently confronted with insufficient time to area search the sub-regions. The presence of false targets and the occurrence of irregular search area further compound the problem. Our decision support system is a combination of established theories on probability maps, barrier patrol and a novel construction of heuristics for area searching irregular regions. Our approach also involves extensive use of visualization tools to aid code debugging and validation. More importantly, our automated surveillance system provides a user-friendly environment for decision planners.

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  • K Y K Ng & A Ghanmi, 2002. "An automated surface surveillance system," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 53(7), pages 697-708, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:jorsoc:v:53:y:2002:i:7:d:10.1057_palgrave.jors.2601363
    DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601363
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    Cited by:

    1. A Ghanmi, 2011. "Canadian forces global reach support hubs: facility location and aircraft routing models," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 62(4), pages 638-650, April.
    2. Orhan Karasakal, 2016. "Minisum and maximin aerial surveillance over disjoint rectangles," TOP: An Official Journal of the Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research, Springer;Sociedad de Estadística e Investigación Operativa, vol. 24(3), pages 705-724, October.
    3. Patrick Hew, 2007. "ASP, The Art and Science of Practice: Direct Advisors vs. Tool Developers---Implications for Practice," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 37(3), pages 279-284, June.
    4. K Y K Ng & N G F Sancho, 2009. "Regional surveillance of disjoint rectangles: a travelling salesman formulation," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 60(2), pages 215-220, February.

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