A Bayesian approach to modeling lost person behaviors based on terrain features in Wilderness Search and Rescue

Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 300-323

  Lin, Lanny ^a   Goodrich, Michael A ^a  

^a 3361 TMCB   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian modeling; Geographic information systems; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Search and rescue

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN APPROACHES; BAYESIAN MODEL; INCIDENT COMMANDER; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE-CARLO; MARKOV TRANSITION MATRICES; POSTERIOR DISTRIBUTIONS; SEARCH AND RESCUE; WILDERNESS SEARCH AND RESCUES;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

EID: 77957312286     PISSN: 1381298X     EISSN: 15729346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10588-010-9066-2     Document Type: Article

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