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Published December 2001 | Published
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Optimal paths for avoiding a radiating source

Abstract

We consider the problem of navigating between points in the plane so as to minimize the exposure to a radiating source. Specifically, given two points z_1, z_2 in the complex plane, we solve the problem of finding the path C(t) (0 ≤ t ≤ 1) such that C(0)=z_1, C(1)=z_2 and ∫^1_0 |C'(t)|/|C(t)|^k dt is minimized. The parameter k specializes to a number of interesting cases: in particular k=2 pertains to the passive sensor avoidance problem and k=4 entails the active radar avoidance problem. The avoidance paths which minimize exposure may have infinite arc-length. To overcome this problem we introduce a weighted exposure and path length optimization problem whose solution requires a variational approach. The optimal trajectory results we obtain are surprisingly intuitive in the cases of interest.

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