Optimal sensor management strategies based on the modeling of detection functions

The authors consider the management of two heterogeneous sensors in a multitarget environment. The sensors are a radar and an infrared camera. They describe the first results of their work: the modeling of sensors, the determination of a criterion which takes into account all the parameters of the problem and the optimization of the criterion leading to the derivation of management strategies of both sensors. These results prove that this approach allows the determination of management for the sensors and also allows the derivation of performance of the management methods which could be used to compare several possible management strategies.