Coupled Detection Rates: An Introduction
Jeffcoast, David E. · Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) · 2005
The case of two cooperative searchers is examined, and the effect of cueing on the probability of target detection is derived from first principles using a Markov chain analysis. There are two main results: first, that the effect of cueing can be quantified, and second, that there is an upper bound on the benefit of cueing. Both results are presented in closed form. The joint probability of detection for two independent searchers is derived from Koopman's formula for a single searcher, and is shown to be a special case of one of the results in this paper. Extensions of the model are discussed.