Modeling and simulation of landmine and improvised explosive device detection with multiple loops

Abstract

There has been a significant amount of interest in landmine detection and, most recently, the detection of improvised explosive devices (IEDs). In this paper, current and recent papers are reviewed and explored. In addition, a model and simulation that incorporates multiple levels of detection is discussed and developed. One of the most critical points often discussed is locating and identifying concealed landmines and IEDs with a high degree of accuracy. Combining the warfighter-in-the-loop increases the accuracy of minefield detection. This concept can be applied with the addition of multiple methods, such as laser radar, metal detection, infrared imaging, ground-penetrating radar and acoustic methods. Papers on the modeling and simulation of these methods individually and fused are reviewed in this paper. A combination of methods at various levels of decision making can increase the overall accuracy of landmine detection and, more importantly, identifying false negatives (FNs). In this paper, simple modeling and simulation of landmine detection is presented by adding loops of detection systems and redundancies to increase the accuracy of detection and the effectiveness of the resources applied.