A COST MODEL FOR REMOTE INSPECTION OF GROUND SITES

A simple model is developed to assess the cost/effectiveness of remote sensing for inspection of ground activities with application to the inspection of surface mining operations. The model considers both single and multiple tier systems (those in which additional inspection is conducted if a higher order tier indicates a violation), possible trade-offs between alpha and beta erros, the worth of technological improvement, and certain fixed cost aspects of manned inspection. An interesting conclusion of this analysis is that (with current cost factors) satellite and aircraft inspection systems can be cost/effective even with relatively high (0.15 - 0.25) alpha and beta errors. /Author/

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  American Society of Photogrammetry

  105 North Virginia Avenue
  Falls Church, VA  United States  22046
• Authors:
  • Maxim, L D
  • Cullwn, D E
• Publication Date: 1977-8

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 1009-25
• Serial:
  • Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing
  • Volume: 43
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
  • ISSN: 0099-1112

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost effectiveness; Inspection; Mathematical models; Remote sensing; Strip mining
• Old TRIS Terms: Site inspections
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00164882
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 1977 12:00AM