Detection Capabilities of Randomly-Deployed Sensor Fields

International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 708-728

  Nelson, Jill K ^a   Rowe, Errol G ^b   Carter, G Clifford ^b  

^a George Mason University   (United States)

^b NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Detection Versus Coverage; Distributed Sensor Networks; Heterogeneous Sensor Field; Spatial Poisson Process

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; SENSOR NETWORKS;

DETECTION CAPABILITY; DETECTION PERFORMANCE; DISTRIBUTED SENSOR FIELDS; DISTRIBUTED SENSOR NETWORKS; HETEROGENEOUS SENSORS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SPATIAL POISSON PROCESS; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES;

IMAGE SEGMENTATION;

EID: 84991579800     PISSN: 15501329     EISSN: 15501477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15501320902768609     Document Type: Article

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