Optimal Placement of Radars to Achieve Desired Spatially Nonuniform Probability of Detection

This paper proposes an optimal way to determine the number of radar detectors and their placement to meet a desired spatially nonuniform probability of detection. We also derive a first order Taylor series approximation to linearize the joint probability of detection constraint. This linearized constraint allows the problem to be formulated as a binary linear program, which can be solved in a computationally efficient manor to support resource management of adaptive reconfigurable radar deployments.