The evolutionary success in information technology has been sustained by the rapid growth
of sensor technology. Recently, advances in sensor technology have promoted the …

Multirobot systems provide a scalable and robust solution for monitoring tasks. In time-
intensive missions such as search and rescue, the inclusion of a human has the potential …

A number of real-world search tasks (ie police search, detection of improvised explosive
devices (IEDs)) require searchers to search exhaustively across open ground. In the present …

Effective sweep width (W) promises objective probability of detection (POD) values for
guiding missingperson search efforts. However, methods for measuring W produce large …

The Malaysian Police Air Wing has a Search and Rescue Unit that actuates Search and
Rescue using aircraft and aviation related equipment. The personnel involved are trained …

Field searching relies heavily on human vision and the ability to recognize objects that are
out of place in their environment. Searchers seek to continually improve their ability to detect …

Abstract The Washington State SAR Planning Unit (SSPU) was activated in 2018 to provide
advanced search planning resources to regional incident commands during extended or …

Maritime search and rescue (MSAR) play an important role in the development of the
maritime business. In particular, the rescue for marine wrecked ships is one of the current …

This dissertation introduces a new search theory methodology, nicknamed Pathfinder, that
can optimize teams of heterogeneous mobile and stationary searchers as well as searchers …

There is a dearth of studies on applied visual search tasks outside of the laboratory
environment. This is particularly true for search tasks involving open terrain searches such …