{"id":"https://openalex.org/W1891691761","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ita.2015.7309000","title":"Some theoretical limits on nuclear source localization and tracking","display_name":"Some theoretical limits on nuclear source localization and tracking","publication_year":2015,"publication_date":"2015-02-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W1891691761","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ita.2015.7309000","mag":"1891691761"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/ita.2015.7309000","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ita.2015.7309000","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2015 Information Theory and Applications Workshop (ITA)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5014498883","display_name":"Henry E. Baidoo\u2010Williams","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I126307644","display_name":"University of Iowa","ror":"https://ror.org/036jqmy94","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I126307644"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"H. E. Baidoo-Williams","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electrical and Computer Eng., The University of Iowa, 52242, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electrical and Computer Eng., The University of Iowa, 52242, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126307644"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5043157561","display_name":"Raghuraman Mudumbai","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8946-1556"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I126307644","display_name":"University of Iowa","ror":"https://ror.org/036jqmy94","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I126307644"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"R. Mudumbai","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electrical and Computer Eng., The University of Iowa, 52242, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electrical and Computer Eng., The University of Iowa, 52242, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126307644"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5011715120","display_name":"Er\u2010Wei Bai","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0750-436X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I126307644","display_name":"University of Iowa","ror":"https://ror.org/036jqmy94","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I126307644"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"E. Bai","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electrical and Computer Eng., The University of Iowa, 52242, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electrical and Computer Eng., The University of Iowa, 52242, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126307644"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5003042086","display_name":"Soura Dasgupta","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6633-2938"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I126307644","display_name":"University of Iowa","ror":"https://ror.org/036jqmy94","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I126307644"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"S. Dasgupta","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electrical and Computer Eng., The University of Iowa, 52242, USA"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electrical and Computer Eng., The University of Iowa, 52242, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126307644"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5014498883"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126307644"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.3313,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":15,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.82750984,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"270","last_page":"274"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12879","display_name":"Distributed Sensor Networks and Detection Algorithms","score":0.9925000071525574,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12879","display_name":"Distributed Sensor Networks and Detection Algorithms","score":0.9925000071525574,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11216","display_name":"Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies","score":0.9886999726295471,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3108","display_name":"Radiation"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/31","display_name":"Physics and Astronomy"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11089","display_name":"Radioactive contamination and transfer","score":0.9531000256538391,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2306","display_name":"Global and Planetary Change"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/estimator","display_name":"Estimator","score":0.7742156982421875},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/detector","display_name":"Detector","score":0.6995896100997925},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/randomness","display_name":"Randomness","score":0.6663767695426941},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ideal","display_name":"Ideal (ethics)","score":0.5475339889526367},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/simple","display_name":"Simple (philosophy)","score":0.5424341559410095},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cram\u00e9r\u2013rao-bound","display_name":"Cram\u00e9r\u2013Rao bound","score":0.5307417511940002},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/radioactive-source","display_name":"Radioactive source","score":0.46580272912979126},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematical-optimization","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","score":0.42526277899742126},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.41679826378822327},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/maximum-likelihood","display_name":"Maximum likelihood","score":0.41297006607055664},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/algorithm","display_name":"Algorithm","score":0.4007619619369507},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/applied-mathematics","display_name":"Applied mathematics","score":0.3944651782512665},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.343172550201416},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/statistics","display_name":"Statistics","score":0.3090650737285614},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/telecommunications","display_name":"Telecommunications","score":0.09321963787078857}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C185429906","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1130160","display_name":"Estimator","level":2,"score":0.7742156982421875},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94915269","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1834857","display_name":"Detector","level":2,"score":0.6995896100997925},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C125112378","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q176640","display_name":"Randomness","level":2,"score":0.6663767695426941},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776639384","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q840396","display_name":"Ideal (ethics)","level":2,"score":0.5475339889526367},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780586882","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7520643","display_name":"Simple (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.5424341559410095},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C4978587","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1138810","display_name":"Cram\u00e9r\u2013Rao bound","level":3,"score":0.5307417511940002},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777962739","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2115507","display_name":"Radioactive source","level":3,"score":0.46580272912979126},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126255220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141495","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","level":1,"score":0.42526277899742126},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.41679826378822327},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C49781872","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1045555","display_name":"Maximum likelihood","level":2,"score":0.41297006607055664},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11413529","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8366","display_name":"Algorithm","level":1,"score":0.4007619619369507},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C28826006","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33521","display_name":"Applied mathematics","level":1,"score":0.3944651782512665},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.343172550201416},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.3090650737285614},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76155785","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418","display_name":"Telecommunications","level":1,"score":0.09321963787078857},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/ita.2015.7309000","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ita.2015.7309000","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2015 Information Theory and Applications Workshop (ITA)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320337345","display_name":"Office of Naval Research","ror":"https://ror.org/00rk2pe57"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":15,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W565955800","https://openalex.org/W1509532469","https://openalex.org/W1650310283","https://openalex.org/W1772827213","https://openalex.org/W1987783978","https://openalex.org/W1992459887","https://openalex.org/W2008993078","https://openalex.org/W2035357040","https://openalex.org/W2039684448","https://openalex.org/W2087435909","https://openalex.org/W2108863595","https://openalex.org/W2151946422","https://openalex.org/W2156106554","https://openalex.org/W2165631127","https://openalex.org/W2180141035"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1997867537","https://openalex.org/W2181730089","https://openalex.org/W2588985431","https://openalex.org/W2152044198","https://openalex.org/W2170222511","https://openalex.org/W2057418688","https://openalex.org/W2147265815","https://openalex.org/W2353125741","https://openalex.org/W3125106038","https://openalex.org/W2080737720"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"We":[0,107,145],"consider":[1,48],"the":[2,10,24,27,35,73,94,102,115,122,130,134,151,156,162,175],"simple":[3,110],"and":[4,57,79,118,140,159,171],"general":[5,60],"estimation":[6,65],"problem":[7,61,176],"of":[8,12,26,31,62,66,75,125,164,177],"finding":[9],"location":[11,68,97],"a":[13,59,76,80,87,109],"nuclear":[14,39,178],"source":[15,67,78,126,179],"from":[16],"radiation":[17],"measurements.":[18,71],"Our":[19],"objective":[20],"is":[21,143],"to":[22,37,93,133,174],"study":[23],"effect":[25],"inherent":[28],"quantum":[29],"randomness":[30],"radioactive":[32],"emissions":[33],"on":[34,161],"accuracy":[36],"which":[38],"sources":[40],"can":[41],"be":[42],"localized.":[43],"To":[44],"this":[45,141],"end,":[46],"we":[47,90],"an":[49],"ideal":[50,169],"mobile":[51],"detector":[52,81],"making":[53],"perfect,":[54],"noiseless":[55],"measurements":[56],"formulate":[58],"maximum":[63,95,152],"likelihood":[64,96,153],"using":[69],"such":[70],"For":[72],"case":[74,124],"stationary":[77],"moving":[82],"with":[83,137,168],"uniform":[84],"speed":[85],"in":[86,121],"straight":[88],"line,":[89],"derive":[91],"solutions":[92],"estimate":[98,136,142],"as":[99,101],"well":[100],"corresponding":[103],"Cramer-Rao":[104,157],"lower":[105],"bounds.":[106],"present":[108,147],"iterative":[111],"procedure":[112,131],"for":[113],"calculating":[114],"ML":[116,135],"estimate,":[117],"argue":[119],"that":[120,150],"asymptotic":[123],"strength":[127],"becoming":[128],"large,":[129],"converges":[132],"high":[138],"probability":[139],"unbiased.":[144],"also":[146],"simulations":[148],"showing":[149],"estimates":[154],"approach":[155],"bounds,":[158],"comment":[160],"implications":[163],"these":[165],"theoretical":[166],"results":[167],"detectors":[170],"perfect":[172],"estimators":[173],"localization.":[180]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}