CONTEMPORARY METHODS OF OPTIMIZING SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING THE ENVIRONMENT

The state of the art in numerical methods of optimizing observation ne tworks is reviewed. The multicriterion optimization problem is discuss ed, together with the set of criteria and their classification. Spatia l and temporal techniques of analyzing the observation data are descri bed. An information model of an environmental monitoring system, inclu ding ground and satellite observation subsystems, is constructed. A va riety of multicriterion approaches to optimizing observation networks, based on Boolean programming, are analyzed. Methods of combining grou nd and satellite observation data are considered.