Title
Near-Optimal Sensor Placement for Linear Inverse Problems
Abstract
classic problem is the estimation of a set of parameters from measurements collected by only a few sensors. The number of sensors is often limited by physical or economical constraints and their placement is of fundamental importance to obtain accurate estimates. Unfortunately, the selection of the optimal sensor locations is intrinsically combinatorial and the available approximation algorithms are not guaranteed to generate good solutions in all cases of interest. We propose FrameSense, a greedy algorithm for the selection of optimal sensor locations. The core cost function of the algorithm is the frame potential, a scalar property of matrices that measures the orthogonality of its rows. Notably, FrameSense is the first algorithm that is near-optimal in terms of mean square error, meaning that its solution is always guaranteed to be close to the optimal one. Moreover, we show with an extensive set of numerical experiments that FrameSense achieves state-of-the-art performance while having the lowest computational cost, when compared to other greedy methods.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/TSP.2014.2299518
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
Keywords
Field
DocType
greedy algorithms,wireless sensor networks,greedy algorithm,inverse problem,mean square error,parameter estimation,force,approximation algorithms,inverse problems,cost function
Approximation algorithm,Mathematical optimization,Scalar (physics),Orthogonality,Mean squared error,Greedy algorithm,Inverse problem,Estimation theory,Wireless sensor network,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
62
5
1053-587X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
12
0.69
16
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Juri Ranieri11399.77
A. Chebira217914.16
Martin Vetterli3139262397.68