Geospatial radar deployment optimization

Along with the developments in technology; Service provider systems such as internet service providers, mobile hospitals, weather measurement balloons, radars used by the military or navy have also emerged. As the target geography grows and the number of systems increases, these services should act as a whole and be optimally distributed. The optimum distribution of the army or navy systems to large geographies is an important issue both in times of peace and war. The main justification of this is that the systems are limited for various reasons (cost, embargo, technology). In this thesis, particularly, the problem of optimal distribution of military air defense systems to critical regions has been addressed. Firstly, three different problem definitions are given. While it is aimed to deploy a single air defense system in the optimum way in the problem 1, it is aimed to distribute multiple air defense systems in the problem 2. For each problem, four solution algorithms are proposed as suggestions. Air defense systems were sought to cover the assets defined in the problem 3 with minimum cost. Comparisons were made for different defense doctrines. A software application has been developed to test and visualize solutions. In the experiments, data sets in random and strategic regions were defined. The developed algorithms have been applied using defined assets and air defense systems. The results were compared by visualizing via the application.