Search for a radioactive source: Coordinated multiple observers

Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing, ISSNIP

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 239-244

  Ristic, Branko ^a   Morelande, Mark ^b   Gunatilaka, Ajith ^a   Rutten, Mark ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVITY; RHENIUM; SMART SENSORS;

INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENT SENSORS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES;

SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 51349158388     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSNIP.2007.4496850     Document Type: Conference Paper

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