Fiscal Year	2011
Division	Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Science
Department	Applied Mathematics
Investigator(s)	Kang, Wei
Sponsor	Naval Research Laboratory (Navy)
Summary	The objective of this project is to develop and validate mathematical concepts and numerical algorithms for the evaluation and optimal design of sensor configuration in data assimilations. In the previous work, the concept of observability was defined for the problem of data assimilation; the concept was numerically verified based on a model of the Burgers equation using Monte Carlo simulations and traditional data assimilation methods; a set of optimal fixed sensor locations were found for the Burgers equation. For future research, the objectives include exploring the observability and optimal motion planning for moving sensors; investigating the robustness of optimal sensor locations; developing computational algorithms that are scalable to large size problems: and, for the long term, developing computational algorithms for maximizing the observability of forecast models.
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