Ebook: Unexploded Ordnance Detection and Mitigation

The chapters in this volume were presented at the July–August 2008 NATO Advanced Study Institute on Unexploded Ordnance Detection and Mitigation. The conference was held at the beautiful Il Ciocco resort near Lucca, in the glorious Tuscany region of northern Italy. For the ninth time we gathered at this idyllic spot to explore and extend the reciprocity between mathematics and engineering. The dynamic interaction between world-renowned scientists from the usually disparate communities of pure mathematicians and applied scientists which occurred at our eight previous ASI’s continued at this meeting. The detection and neutralization of unexploded ordnance (UXO) has been of major concern for very many decades; at least since the First World war. UXO continues to be the subject of intensive research in many ?elds of science, incl- ing mathematics, signal processing (mainly radar and sonar) and chemistry. While today’s headlines emphasize the mayhem resulting from the placement of imp- vised explosive devices (IEDs), humanitarian landmine clearing continues to draw signi?cant global attention as well. In many countries of the world, landmines threaten the population and hinder reconstruction and fast, ef?cient utilization of large areas of the mined land in the aftermath of military con?icts.

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The detection and neutralization of unexploded ordnance (UXO) has been of major concern for very many decades; at least since the First World War. UXO continues to be the subject of intensive research in many fields of science. While today's headlines emphasize the mayhem resulting from the placement of improvised explosive devices (IEDs), humanitarian landmine clearing continues to draw significant global attention as well. In many countries of the world, landmines threaten the population and hinder reconstruction and fast, efficient utilization of large areas of the mined land in the aftermath of military conflicts. The reports in this volume, written by world leaders from academia, Government and industry, describe how basic ideas from mathematics, radar, sonar and chemistry can be combined with ongoing improvements in hardware and computation, as well as very new advances in multisensor data fusion, to yield the promise of more sophisticated and accurate UXO detection and identification capabilities than currently exist.

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The detection and neutralization of unexploded ordnance (UXO) has been of major concern for very many decades; at least since the First World War. UXO continues to be the subject of intensive research in many fields of science. While today's headlines emphasize the mayhem resulting from the placement of improvised explosive devices (IEDs), humanitarian landmine clearing continues to draw significant global attention as well. In many countries of the world, landmines threaten the population and hinder reconstruction and fast, efficient utilization of large areas of the mined land in the aftermath of military conflicts. The reports in this volume, written by world leaders from academia, Government and industry, describe how basic ideas from mathematics, radar, sonar and chemistry can be combined with ongoing improvements in hardware and computation, as well as very new advances in multisensor data fusion, to yield the promise of more sophisticated and accurate UXO detection and identification capabilities than currently exist.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Wavelet Decomposition of Measures: Application to Multifractal Analysis of Images....Pages 1-20
Volatile Compounds Detection by IR Acousto-Optic Detectors....Pages 21-59
Knowledge Based Diversity Processing....Pages 61-87
Ground Penetrating Radar for Buried Landmine and IED Detection....Pages 89-111
Overview of Statistical Tests for Unexploded Ordnance Detection....Pages 113-123
Low Frequency Radar for Buried Target Detection....Pages 125-140
UXO Signal Multi Sensor Detection and Estimation....Pages 141-164
Advanced Multifunctional Sensor Systems....Pages 165-187
Applications of Luminescence to Fingerprints and Trace Explosives Detection....Pages 189-196
Electromagnetic Methods for UXO Discrimination....Pages 197-221
Some Advances in UWB GPR....Pages 223-233
Operational Research Approach to Decision Making....Pages 235-258
Recent Advances in Space-Variant Deblurring and Image Stabilization....Pages 259-272
UXO Detection Techniques Using Sonar and Radar....Pages 273-281
Back Matter....Pages 283-286

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The detection and neutralization of unexploded ordnance (UXO) has been of major concern for very many decades; at least since the First World War. UXO continues to be the subject of intensive research in many fields of science. While today's headlines emphasize the mayhem resulting from the placement of improvised explosive devices (IEDs), humanitarian landmine clearing continues to draw significant global attention as well. In many countries of the world, landmines threaten the population and hinder reconstruction and fast, efficient utilization of large areas of the mined land in the aftermath of military conflicts. The reports in this volume, written by world leaders from academia, Government and industry, describe how basic ideas from mathematics, radar, sonar and chemistry can be combined with ongoing improvements in hardware and computation, as well as very new advances in multisensor data fusion, to yield the promise of more sophisticated and accurate UXO detection and identification capabilities than currently exist.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Wavelet Decomposition of Measures: Application to Multifractal Analysis of Images....Pages 1-20
Volatile Compounds Detection by IR Acousto-Optic Detectors....Pages 21-59
Knowledge Based Diversity Processing....Pages 61-87
Ground Penetrating Radar for Buried Landmine and IED Detection....Pages 89-111
Overview of Statistical Tests for Unexploded Ordnance Detection....Pages 113-123
Low Frequency Radar for Buried Target Detection....Pages 125-140
UXO Signal Multi Sensor Detection and Estimation....Pages 141-164
Advanced Multifunctional Sensor Systems....Pages 165-187
Applications of Luminescence to Fingerprints and Trace Explosives Detection....Pages 189-196
Electromagnetic Methods for UXO Discrimination....Pages 197-221
Some Advances in UWB GPR....Pages 223-233
Operational Research Approach to Decision Making....Pages 235-258
Recent Advances in Space-Variant Deblurring and Image Stabilization....Pages 259-272
UXO Detection Techniques Using Sonar and Radar....Pages 273-281
Back Matter....Pages 283-286
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