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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Sensor deployment"”.
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Reliable facility location design and traffic sensor deployment under probabilistic disruptions
… context, various types of surveillance sensors (e.g., induction loops, video cameras and radio frequency transponders) are deployed in transportation networks to estimate real-time traffic states, which are valuable information for both private sectors (e.g., tracking fleets for trucking …
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Control system design for a C-130 Ro-Ro sensor deployment platform
… system that will be used to deploy surveillance sensors from a C-130 cargo airplane. There will be two pallets, one that will house the Operator Station and one that will carry a mechanical arm with a Sensor Pod, where the sensors will reside. This pallet will be placed on the C-130 rear door, …
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Understanding Traffic Congestion Through Multiscale Analysis: Sensor Deployment, Car-Following and Universal Scaling
… aggregated and motivate practical guidance on sensor deployment and interpretation of aggregated traffic data. At the microscopic level, accurate representation of car-following behavior is essential for reproducing traffic phenomena such as capacity drop and oscillations. The existing …
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Sensitivity analysis of the C-130 sensor deployment system arm using finite element methods
… the current design of the roll-on roll-off sensor deployment system support arm for the C-130 Hercules. The Department of Defense (DOD) and the National Guard (NG) will be using these sensor pallet systems in a variety of command and control configurations for counter narco-terrorism …
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Dynamic modal analysis and optimization of C-130 Project Oculus' mechanical arm/pod sensor deployment system using the finite element method
… will be designed to accommodate a 500-pound sensor payload deployable in flight from a C-130 Hercules military aircraft used for counter narco-terrorism efforts. During the overall deployment (translation and rotation) of the mechanical arm/pod system and in the final resting position for …
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SensorChimes : musical mapping for sensor networks toward augmented acoustic ecosystem
SensorChimes aims to create a new canvas for artists leveraging ubiquitous sensing and data collection. The Tidmarsh Living Observatory Initiative, which is documenting the transformation of a reclaimed cranberry bog with a large-scale sensor deployment, provides an opportunity to explore …
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Electronic Textiles for Motion Analysis
… implemented. Familiarity with clothing allows sensors and computational elements to be naturally integrated into garments such that wearability and usability is preserved. The dynamics of the human body and the wide variety of sensor and processing choices render the typical prototype-based …
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Probabilistic approaches to the design of wireless ad hoc and sensor networks
… and better coverage, wireless ad hoc and sensor networks have been under intensive research. It is believed that wireless ad hoc and sensor networks can become as important as the Internet. Just as the Internet allows access to digital information anywhere, ad hoc and sensor networks will …
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An entropic framework for AUV sensor modelling
… considered in defining an entropic measure of sensor efficiency. 675-kHz pencil-beam sonar data acquired using the JASON remotely operated vehicle in a challenging shallow water environment and 200-kHz echo-sounder data acquired using the ABE AUV are used to demonstrate the utility of the en …
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Concept of Operations and Failure Analysis for a Complex Deployable CubeSat Antenna Payload
… Each CubeSat is outfitted with a novel vector sensor payload that will facilitate the characterization of the Earth’s radio aurora. Additionally, each spacecraft contains two Auxiliary Sensor Package (ASP) units that are used to image the vector sensor payloads. Full vector sensor deployment is …
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Mobile application and data visualization for Sensei : sensing educational interaction in Montessori classrooms
… this observation through a dynamic range-based sensor network that detects proximity. These sensors are placed on the children's shoes, on lessons, and around the classroom. I developed the mobile application and the visualization dashboard for the Sensei system. Teachers can maintain the sensor …
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Vision-based estimation and control of airdrop vehicles for aerial deployment of sensor networks
… indicate that close-in, on-the-ground sensor networks are essential parts for powerful ISR capability. However, it is hard to place ground sensors at planned specific locations. For example, certain sensor nodes may be required to be located on rooftops or tree canopies. Therefore, it …
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Fabrication process and electromechanical characterization of a sliding connector system for modular stretchable electronics
… data collection in contexts where traditional sensor deployment is more challenging, such as on the human body. However, the use of soft materials for creating the stretchable electronic circuits necessitates a solution to modular connections for which traditional rigid electrical connectors …
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Game theoretic methods for networked sensors and dynamic spectrum access
… wireless environmental monitoring through sensor networks, and cognitive radio wireless communications. In the first part, decentralized operation of naval platforms deploying electronic countermeasures against missile threats is studied. The problem is formulated as a stochastic game in …
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Dynamic Strain Measurement Based Damage Identification for Structural Health Monitoring
… which is primarily determined by the number of sensors deployed for the dynamic data collection, measurement sensitivity-based sensor selection criterion is observed to be effective and thus used. The mean square values of the measurements with respect to the stiffness coefficients of the …
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Reliable design of interdependent service facility systems under correlated disruption risks
… combinatorial service; e.g., in the context of sensor deployment problems, where sensors work in combinations to provide positioning/surveillance service via trilateration procedure; and (3) incorporating the concepts of spatial districting into the reliable facility location context, with the …
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Optimal Communications Systems and Network Design for Cargo Monitoring
… is provided through the optimal placement of sensor and communication technology. This dissertation shows that a transportation security sensor network for monitoring cargo in motion can provide timely event notification to shippers. Two generalized models--one for use when all network …
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Fixed chain-based wireless sensor network for intelligent transportation systems
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are distributed and interconnected wirelessly sensors that are used in a variety of fields of our daily life, such as the manufacturing, utility operations and traffic monitoring. Many WSN applications come with some technical weaknesses and issues, especially when …
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Mobile sensor systems for field estimation and "hot spot" identification
… towards a sustainable future. While mobile sensor systems have attracted significant attention in recent years, a large scale deployment for urban infrastructure monitoring poses many research challenges. One fundamental challenge is dealing with noisy and uncontrolled samples stemming from …
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Machine Learning Driven Source Identification, State Estimation and Sensor Optimization in Water Systems
… constraint: limited coverage of water quality sensors, resulting from their high deployment costs, technical challenges, and logistical constraints. This constraint hinders comprehensive knowledge of systems’ parameters and obstructs operational decision-making. This dissertation addresses …
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