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Semidefinite Programming and the Sensor Network Localization Problem, SNLP

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Introduction

  Organization

  Idiosyncrasies

Formulation

Methods

  Review of Solution Approaches

  Semidefinite Programming Model

Conclusion

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  1. Air Force Research Laboratory, Munitions Directorate, Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

    Clayton W. Commander

  2. Center for Applied Optimization, Dept. of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

    Michelle A. Ragle

  3. Dept. of Management Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, USA

    Yinyu Ye

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544-5263, USA

    Christodoulos A. Floudas

  2. Center for Applied Optimization, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611-6595, USA

    Panos M. Pardalos

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Commander, C., Ragle, M.A., Ye, Y. (2008). Semidefinite Programming and the Sensor Network Localization Problem, SNLP . In: Floudas, C., Pardalos, P. (eds) Encyclopedia of Optimization. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-74759-0_581

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