Evolving Sensor Suites for Enemy Radar Detection

Ayse S. Yilmaz¹, Brian N. McQuay¹, Han Yu¹, Annie S. Wu¹, and John C. Sciortino, Jr.²

¹School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL 32816, USA
{selen,bmcquay,hyu,aswu}@cs.ucf.edu

²Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, DC 20375, USA
john.sciortino@nrl.navy.mil

Abstract. Designing optimal teams of sensors to detect the enemy radars for military operations is a challenging design problem. Many applications require the need to manage sensor resources. There is a tradeoff between the need to decrease the cost and to increase the capabilities of a sensor suite. In this paper, we address this design problem using genetic algorithms. We attempt to evolve the characteristics, size, and arrangement of a team of sensors, focusing on minimizing the size of sensor suite while maximizing its detection capabilities. The genetic algorithm we have developed has produced promising results for different environmental configurations as well as varying sensor resources.

LNCS 2724, p. 2384 ff.

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