TARGET DETECTION EXPERIMENT PHASE III: DATA ANALYSIS
The objective of this project was to improve search and rescue (SAR) modeling tools as part of a long-term effort to reduce the search time and increase the efficiency of marine SAR operations. This project analyzed and consolidated the extensive data on target detection acquired and validated through field trials in earlier phases and related work. Researchers merged all available Canadian and U.S. detection and leeway data into a single comprehensive database. They also defined methods for calculating probability of detection (POD) and incorporated these into the database for use as an analysis tool. This work resulted in the development of a complete POD analysis tool for processing recorded target detection data. The package is recorded on a CD-ROM, along with all available target detection data from Canada and the U.S. The analysis tool allows the user to select from a list of detection platforms and search targets. It can calculate the POD curves for the sensor/target pair, using the available detection data. Newly collected data can be readily incorporated into the database and new curves can then be calculated immediately from the entire data available.
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Corporate Authors:
Transportation Development Centre, 800 Rene-Levesque Boulevard West, Suite 600
Montreal, Quebec Canada H3B 2X1Oceans Limited
65A LeMarchant Road
St. John's, Newfoundland A1C 2G9, Canada -
Authors:
- Fitzgerald, R B
- Publication Date: 1998
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: 73 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: CD-ROM; Databases; Detectors; Life rafts; Marine safety; Moving target indicators; Probability; Search and rescue operations; Sensors
- Geographic Terms: Canada; United States
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00936736
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: TP 13290E
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jan 22 2003 12:00AM