Spatial and Temporal Modeling of IED Emplacements against Dismounted Patrols

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dc.contributor.advisorShortle, John
dc.contributor.authorShankar, Arun
dc.creatorShankar, Arun
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-12T02:59:55Z
dc.date.available2015-02-12T02:59:55Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractIED (Improvised Explosive Device) activity has been a concern for US and coalition troops in the Middle East for more than a decade. This dissertation describes a data collection effort in Afghanistan where IED event data and dismounted friendly force patrol movements were obtained. The IED event data is analyzed in time and space with no clear resemblance to a Poisson process in either domain. Consequently, a spatial clustering model is developed to model the collected data with high fidelity and few input parameters. Next, an IED emplacement model is developed to estimate emplacement times based on the interaction between the time and spatial dimensions of the friendly force data and the IED encounter data. Finally, simulated data is used to test the sensitivity of the model to a range of input parameters. From this we suggest improvements to the fidelity of the input data for the most accurate output results.
dc.format.extent97 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1920/9191
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCopyright 2014 Arun Shankar
dc.subjectOperations research
dc.subjectDismounted Patrols
dc.subjectFoot Patrols
dc.subjectIED
dc.subjectIED Clustering
dc.subjectIED Emplacements
dc.subjectImprovised Explosive Device
dc.titleSpatial and Temporal Modeling of IED Emplacements against Dismounted Patrols
dc.typeDissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineSystems Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorGeorge Mason University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral

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