The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)

The Center for Education and Research in
Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)
Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security

Observability for Autonomy and Sensor Network Design

Research Areas: Autonomous Systems

Principal Investigator: Carolin Frueh

A new formulation of the traditional concept of observability is used to allow setting up the optimal sensor network in order to retrieve the desired high-level information optimally. The connection to information measures is made. The formulation takes measurement noise, and sensor capabilities into account. The application is currently geared towards space objects but is not limited to that. 

Personnel

Students: Alex Friedman

Representative Publications

  • C. Frueh, Observability of Space Debris, AAS 15-576, Proc. AIAA/AAS Astrodynamic Specialist Conference, Vail, Colorado, August 2015

  • A. Friedman, C. Frueh, Determining Characteristics of Artificial Near-Earth Objects Using Observability Analysis, Acta Astronautica, Vol. 144, pp. 405-421, doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2017.12.028, 2018

  • A. Friedman, C. Frueh, Observability Analysis Applied to Artificial Near-Earth Objects with Realistic Noise, Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Feb 2017

Keywords: Autonomy, information measures, observability, sensor networks