Optimal Search for Moving Targets

• Main Authors: Stone, Lawrence D. (Author), Royset, Johannes O. (Author), Washburn, Alan R. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 237
• Subjects: Business.; Market research.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Management science.; Business and Management.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Operations Research, Management Science.; Market Research/Competitive Intelligence.

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 involv...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Search for a Stationary Target
• Search for a Moving Target in Discrete Space and Time
• Path-Constrained Search in Discrete Time and Space
• Search for Moving Targets in Continuous Space
• Constrained Search in Continuous Time and Space
• Search Games.   .