Computer model that ‘thinks’ like a missing person could help search & rescue
Published: 11 April 2025
Researchers from the University of Glasgow have developed a sophisticated computer system to model the actions of simulated people lost in outdoor environments. The system, which is based on data drawn from accounts of how people in the real world behaved after finding themselves lost outdoors, creates a ‘heat map’ showing the probability of where missing people may be found in any landscape.