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Optimal Discrete Search with Imperfect Specificity
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2007
unpublished
A target is hidden in one of several possible locations, and the objective is to nd the target as fast as possible. One common measure of eectiveness for the search process is the expected time of the search. This type of search optimization problem has been addressed and solved in the literature for the case where the searcher has imperfect sensitivity (possible false negative results), but perfect specicity (no false positive detections). In this paper, which is motivated by recent military
doi:10.21236/ada598899
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