Tag Archives: Detection

Thanks to Mike Goodrich for this RCMP Drone story.  In short, the RCMP spotted a stranded driver by using a drone-mounted infrared camera. We hope the FAA soon settles on good regulations for such drone use in the US.

Posted on May 20, 2013 by ctwardy | Leave a comment

"Small Scatters of Generally Unobtrusive Artifacts"

Posted on December 8, 2012 by ctwardy

When searching for an image for this post, I came across several works by E.B. Banning applying search theory to archaeology: Sweep widths and the detection of artifacts in archaeological survey. (2011) [Science Direct] Detection functions for archaeological survey (2006). … Continue reading →

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A Brief Intro to Search Theory (2 of 4)

Posted on August 2, 2012 by ctwardy

In the previous post, we began to build a theory of detection over time as the result of a very large number of independent glimpses.  By assuming the environment to be fixed for awhile, we moved all the environmental factors … Continue reading →

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Brief Intro to SAR Theory (1 of 4)

Posted on July 24, 2012 by ctwardy

We begin a four-part gentle introduction to search theory. Our topic is visual detection of targets by land searchers. Today we summarize Koopman Chapter 3, constructing the useful "inverse cube" detection model by starting from instantaneous glimpses with tiny detection … Continue reading →

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Link between AMDR & ESW

Posted on July 6, 2008 by ctwardy

The Correlation Why Care? Why not just believe the data? What is the AMDR? Teaser Appendix

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