Optimality analysis of sensor-target localization geometries

AN Bishop, B Fidan, BDO Anderson, K Doğançay… - Automatica, 2010 - Elsevier
The problem of target localization involves estimating the position of a target from multiple
noisy sensor measurements. It is well known that the relative sensor-target geometry can …

Distributed control of triangular formations with angle-only constraints

M Basiri, AN Bishop, P Jensfelt - Systems & Control Letters, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper considers the coupled, bearing-only formation control of three mobile agents
moving in the plane. Each agent has only local inter-agent bearing knowledge and is …

Performance limits and geometric properties of array localization

Y Han, Y Shen, XP Zhang, MZ Win… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Location-aware networks are of great importance and interest in both civil and military
applications. This paper determines the localization accuracy of an agent, which is equipped …

Optimal sensor placement for acoustic underwater target positioning with range-only measurements

D Moreno-Salinas, A Pascoal… - IEEE Journal of Oceanic …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper addresses the problem of optimal acoustic sensor placement for underwater
target localization in 3-D using range measurements only. By adopting an estimation …

TDOA based direct positioning maximum likelihood estimator and the Cramer-Rao bound

N Vankayalapati, S Kay, Q Ding - IEEE transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) and its performance for the localization of a
stationary emitter using a network of spatially separated passive stationary sensors is …

Bearing-only localization using geometrically constrained optimization

AN Bishop, BDO Anderson, B Fidan… - … on Aerospace and …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We examine the problem of optimal bearing-only localization of a single target using
synchronous measurements from multiple sensors. We approach the problem by forming …

Outlier detection and optimal anchor placement for 3-D underwater optical wireless sensor network localization

N Saeed, TY Al-Naffouri… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Location is one of the basic information required for underwater optical wireless sensor
networks (UOWSNs) for different purposes, such as relating the sensing measurements with …

Optimal sensor placement for target localisation and tracking in 2D and 3D

S Zhao, BM Chen, TH Lee - International Journal of Control, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
This paper analytically characterises optimal sensor placements for target localisation and
tracking in 2D and 3D. Three types of sensors are considered: bearing-only, range-only and …

A meta-heuristic algorithm combined with deep reinforcement learning for multi-sensor positioning layout problem in complex environment

Y Ning, Z Bai, J Wei, PN Suganthan, L **ng… - Expert Systems with …, 2025 - Elsevier
In a multi-sensor positioning system (MSPS), the layout of sensors plays a crucial role in
determining the system's performance. Therefore, addressing the sensor layout problem …

Optimal sensor placement for multiple target positioning with range-only measurements in two-dimensional scenarios

D Moreno-Salinas, AM Pascoal, J Aranda - Sensors, 2013 - mdpi.com
The problem of determining the optimal geometric configuration of a sensor network that will
maximize the range-related information available for multiple target positioning is of key …