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Abstract(s)
Forests worldwide have been devastated by fires. Forest fires
cause incalculable damage to fauna and flora. In addition, a forest fire
can lead to the death of people and financial damage in general, among
other problems. To avoid wildfire catastrophes is fundamental to detect
fire ignitions in the early stages, which can be achieved by monitoring
ignitions through sensors. This work presents an integer programming
approach to decide where to locate such sensors to maximize the coverage provided by them, taking into account different types of sensors,
fire hazards, and technological and budget constraints. We tested the
proposed approach in a real-world forest with around 7500 locations to
be covered and about 1500 potential locations for sensors, showing that
it allows obtaining optimal solutions in less than 20 minutes.
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Keywords
Forest fires Sensors location Integer programming Geographic information system (GIS) Technological and budget limitations
Citation
Azevedo, Beatriz; Alvelos, Filipe; Rocha, Ana; Brito, Thadeu; Lima, José; Pereira, Ana I. (2023). An integer programming ppproach for sensor location in a forest fire monitoring system. In 21st Congress of APDIO, the Portuguese Operational Research Society. Cham: Springer Nature, p. 25-35. ISBN 978-303120787-7