SearchOut.csv: SearchOut.csv - typical Data input file for 'rSARP'
In rSARP: Functions to Create and Evaluate Search and Rescue Plans

A dataset containing the sectors or search segments and key attributes of each that will be searched, including the outputs. The variables are as follows:

A data frame with 32 rows and 38 variables

Sector. Name of the sector or grid to be searched. Usually Alpha characters excluding I and O.
Area. Area of the sector to be searched in Hectares or Acres. Defaults to Hectares and requires parametric change in call to searchme() if Acres is used.
AreaCoverage. Percentage of the the sector Area that was or will be covered. Typically used if the search teams are unable to execute due to unforeseen hazards in the sector. If the value being given is negative, then the area is being searched for the first time and bayesian treatments are skipped.
Terrain. Keyword describing the terrain of the sector. Limited to use of a limited set of keywords. See guide for further specifics.
TOD. Time of Day. Keyword describing time of search and currently limited to Day or Night.
WX. Weather keyword describing conditions during the search. Currently limited to Normal or Snow6to8in.
THours. Target duration Hours. Hours team will be deployed for the search in the field not counting breaks or transportation time. If -1 entered for this value program will optimize using internal algorithms.
TSearchers. Target Searchers. Count of searchers, excluding non-searching supervisors, in the field assigned to that sector. If -1 entered for this value program will optimize using internal algorithms.
TSpacing. Target Spacing. The distance in meters between searchers planned for this sector search. If -1 entered for this value program will optimize using internal algorithms.
AMDR. Average Maximum Detection Range in meters. Initially estimated, then updated as measured AMDRs are reported in. If -1 entered for this value program will estimate based on Terrain values
Rank. Total rank of the sector from sector ladder ranking exercise. Use raw scores - software will normalize and handle appropriately.
POScum. Cumulative Probability of Success for the sector in percentage points. Represents the POS that has already been 'harvested' for that area. If entered as negative number, will revise reports to indicate that no further searching is planned for this sector.
fnCovered. Fraction of the planned area covered by the search.
fnMissed. Fraction of the planned area missed by the search.
AreaCov. Area Covered. Area of the search seactor actually covered in Hectares or Acres.
POC. Probability of Containment. The normalized sector ranking.
terspd. Terrain Speed. The estimated ground speed for the team in miles per hour based on terrain or given by planner constraints.
terheads. Terrain Manhours. The estimated man hours to search the sector given spacing and speed constraints.
FirstPass. Parameter indicating if the area to be cleared has already been searched or will be searched for the first time.
ROThrs. Rule of Thumb hours. Estimated search man hours based on Model used in Kent County, primarily for urban search efforts.
NHRSH. NASAR Man hours. Estimated man hours using NASAR rule of thumb.
SAVHRS. Duration search hours saved if one additional person added to team to 'lengthen the line'.
ESW. Effective spacing width. Currently 1.5 times the AMDR but technically the length of Coverage in meters. Used to determine COV.
COV. Coverage as a fraction. The TSpacing divided by ESW. Used to determine POD.
POD. Probability of Detection as a fraction. Likelihood of detecting the object in the sector if the object is present.
delspc. The change in spacing between team members if an additional person were added to the line but the overall length kept the same.
dPOD. The change in the Probability of Detection that would result if the team spacing were changed by delspc.
POS. Probability of Success. The probability that the subject would be found if present in that sector as a percent.
dPOS. The change in POS in percent if the spacing between team members is changed by delspc.
OPOScum. Overall cumulative Probability of Success. The running tally on POS by sector including bayiesian corrections.
RTotlHeads. Running total heads. The number of searchers required to as a running total by sector to execute the plan.
RTotlPOS. Running total POS. The percentage of POS accumulated if the plan is executed by sector as a running total.
TotlArea. The running total area covered by this search plan in Hectares or Acres.
AvgSpacing. The area averaged spacing between team members for all sectors this row and above.
rPOC. The running Probability of Containment for all sectors this row and above.
AvgAMDR. The running area averaged AMDR for all sectors this row and above.
POSm. THe probability of success that was missed due to the area missed.