Modeling the Area of Interest for a Mobile Sensory System
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
This can be an interesting article due to multidisciplinary approach in the development of mobile monitoring system proposed by the authors.
However, to my point of view, there are several points that need to be addressed prior to publication. Terminology as well as language is acceptable, but text improvement is necessary.
My comments/suggestions are given hereafter:
• In the Keywords it is better to use one single word or shorter key phrases with maximum two keywords instead of existing large key phrases with three or more keywords.
• Chapter 1., i.e., Introduction, does not include any relevant references from the list.
• Reference list must be extended.
• Chapter 3.3. should be excluded from the paper since it generally describes the tasks of sustainability of the project without some specific and relevant scientific data important for this work.
• This article needs explicit comments on advantages and disadvantages of the proposed system.
• The conclusion should be improved with the author's plan for the steps in the application and improvement of this system if necessary.
I encourage you to resubmit the paper with all necessary corrections and improvements.
Author Response
Thank you very much for your valuable comments. In total, we received more than 40 comments on the article. Based on comments, we revised the abstract and conclusion of the article, key words, omitted chapter 3.3. In addition, we tried to incorporate all your comments into the article. We have included links related to the MOVIR project and the article in the introductory chapter. As for similar applications, there are a large number of them. A few are in the publication “Nayak, S. and Zlatanova, S., eds., Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies for Monitoring and Prediction of Disasters“, but we did not want to do a systematic review of sensory units network. When you have works that are suitable to cite in connection with our work, please let us know.. We missed some long keywords.
The significance of this article is that regardless of the type of sensor units, the proposed methods are applicable to the creation of a network of sensor units for the protection of the area of interest. A single input parameter is required for calculation, the range of the sensor unit. This article addressed the network design problem analysis. The software implementation itself is another question. During program analysis, it is necessary to know the capabilities of the program system.
Reviewer 2 Report
The peer-reviewed article discusses a mobile electronic monitoring system developed by the authors, designed, in particular, to protect people from infectious diseases. There is no doubt that such developments are very important. The authors have described in detail mobile sensor units and their network, and the corresponding mathematics and software. Unfortunately, the authors did not at all consider the current state of the problem and did not analyze the studies performed so far in this area. Therefore, it is very difficult to evaluate the paper and compare it with other studies. However, I will try to do so.
The article and abstract require serious revision. The authors described the system, but said absolutely nothing about how it works, what is the effect of its application. The authors simply declared that we have created a system, and whether it is good or bad - think for yourself. I invite the authors to conduct a detailed analysis of the current state of the problem under consideration, existing prototypes and developments; include a Discussion section in which to consider the capabilities of the system and the effectiveness of its application. The article should be substantially expanded. You also need to pay attention to English grammar.
The article cannot be published if the authors do not take into account my comments.
Minor.
Instead of “surrounding” it is better “environmental.
Visibility is a part of weather condition/
Instead of “external influences” it is better “external perturbation”
Author Response
Thank you very much for your valuable comments. In total, we received more than 40 comments on the article. Based on comments, we revised the abstract and conclusion of the article, key words, omitted chapter 3.3. In addition, we tried to incorporate all your comments into the article. In our work, we did not intend to develop a systematic review of the sensory unit network and compare existing prototypes. This work aims to design and model the area of interest and the general network of sensory units.
The significance of this article is that regardless of the type of sensor units, the proposed methods are applicable to the creation of sensor units network for the protection of the area of interest. A single input parameter is required for calculation, the range of the sensor unit. This article addressed the network design problem analysis. The software implementation itself is another question.
Reviewer 3 Report
Dear Authors, I would like to thank you for the opportunity to read your manuscript entitled “Modeling the Area of Interest for a Mobile Sensory System”.
The overall manuscript is well presented with minor spelling or grammar mistakes.
The general work is very interesting, as system of mobile sensory units for defending quarantine zones is essential for post pandemic time to prevent future strategic plans in case of another crisis.
Here are some issues concerning your paper:
1. The overall purpose of the article should be stated clearly in the introduction and underlined in the abstract. It is very accurate and scientifically developed in the abstract part lines 12-13 only.
2. The Literature Review part is missing. The current state of the research is not shown and cited. The knowledge gap is unclear. There should be an explanation of the previous work done not only by the authors but other researchers. This would not only make it possible to understand the importance of the work, but would also enrich the list of references, which is very poor and contains self-citations.
3. Due to the lack of a specific goal, an imprecise gap of knowledge, the layout of the entire article and the research methodology adopted are also unclear.
4. During the Covid-19 pandemic, many countries have allowed people to voluntarily use apps that monitor mobile user sensor systems. The article does not analyse these systems or their ability to create virtual maps enabling displaying the location of the object.
5. Project MOVIR - Mobile sensory system, as written, touches many areas of science. What about legal issues?
6. The research area is imprecise. For Your research You analyse “network of sensory elements in a small monitored area. A small monitored space means a rectangular area with edges of a few dozen meters.”. Is there any reason for this? If people infected with the virus were to be analyzed, the area should probably be larger. Therefore, "Modeling the Area of Interest" given in the title should be specified in terms of size, type of terrain (different for rural, urban) and other parameters.
7. In Figure 1 and Figure 3the names of the axes and their units are missing.
8. The Discussion on the obtained research results should be reconsidered. There is no information on the current new results and an attitude to the existing research, which could emphasize the importance of the work done.
9. Future research directions and the significance of the results of the research achieved are underlined and explained in conclusion part. It should also be edited because it is too short and laconic.
Reviewer
Author Response
Thank you very much for your valuable comments. In total, we received more than 40 comments on the article.Based on comments, we revised the abstract and conclusion of the article, key words, omitted chapter 3.3.In addition, we tried to incorporate all your comments into the article.
The significance of this article is that regardless of the type of sensor units, the proposed methods are applicable to the creation of a network of sensor units for the protection of the area of interest.A single input parameter is required for calculation, the range of the sensor unit.This article addressed the network design problem analysis.
This work aims to design and model the area of interest and the network of sensory units. By the network we mean the placement of individual sensor units in physical space. Physical space is a general space what we do not specify more precisely, that is our area of interest. This property enables the results described here to be applied to other sensor units as well. That was the main goal of our research.
Regarding legal issues, the MOVIR project management informed us that this issue is not investigated within the project, as it is a separate issue. Therefore, our article does not deal with this topic either. But we also think this is an important question.
The methodology for testing projects like MOVIR is to test the project in laboratory conditions, then 1/2 size and finally full size. Due to the area's size, the MOVIR project's testing is now 1/2 the size. However, the procedures that form the network of sensor units are independent of the size of the area.
In the text before Figure 1, the x, y axes and the unit of measurement are described as well. The unit of measurement is d terrain detail. Here I would like to note that for 5G technologies, systems like MATLAB contain maps with a detail of d=1, that is, one shelf in Figure 1 has dimensions of 1x1 meter.
Reviewer 4 Report
The article presents a study of monitoring systems for quarantine zones created during epidemics. This is very important for the successful fight against future major epidemics.
Remarks:
1. Very expand the annotation with a description of the methods and the results obtained
2. eq. 1 add description for "n" and "i"
3. Fig.1, Fig.3 add description for axes. Now it's hard to understand the graphs.
4. In article use some MATLAB command. It's eq.6 and other. Please add description for this command (priority) or link for description.
5. In order to obtain results for article used MATLAB code (version R2022b). Please write about license
6. Fig.6 needs work, larger scale, axes description
7. The article does not describe the experimental use of the proposed method. This makes it difficult to verify the correctness of the mathematical formulas adopted in the model. Add a section with experimental verification of the proposed method
Author Response
Thank you very much for your valuable comments. In total, we received more than 40 comments on the article. Based on comments, we revised the abstract and conclusion of the article, key words, omitted chapter 3.3. In addition, we tried to incorporate all your comments into the article. Experimental use of the proposed method is not yet possible, because for this we need functional sensor units. In the MOVIR project, colleagues are finishing the implementation. When you have works that are suitable to cite in connection with our work, please let us know.
The significance of this article is that regardless of the type of sensor units, the proposed methods are applicable to the creation of a network of sensor units for the protection of the area of interest. A single input parameter is required for calculation, the range of the sensor unit. This article addressed the network design problem analysis. The software implementation itself is another question. During program analysis, it is necessary to know the capabilities of the program system.
Round 2
Reviewer 2 Report
N/A
Author Response
Thank you very much for your reviews and comments. We have added some quotes to our article related to sensor networks. We would like to note that our models are not concrete, they are not numerical. Therefore, numerical testing of the models is not possible. The described results can be applied in the case of ring topology sensor networks.
Reviewer 3 Report
Dear Authors, thank you for adapting the text of the article to my recommendations. I strongly believe that the improvements introduced have a big impact on the transparency and logic of the presented research material. I wish you success in further research.
Regards,
Reviewer
Author Response
Thank you very much for your reviews and comments. We have added some quotes to our article related to sensor networks. We would like to note that our models are not concrete, they are not numerical. Therefore, numerical testing of the models is not possible. The described results can be applied in the case of ring topology sensor networks.
Reviewer 4 Report
The peer-reviewed paper provides an improved description for mobile sensors and their network, as well as some mathematics and software required to operate them. The article still lacks an overview of what has already been done to date in research in this field.
The article lacks research results.
The authors responded "Experimental use of the proposed method is not yet possible, because for this we need functional sensor units. In the MOVIR project, colleagues are finishing the implementation.", so I advise them to wait for the results and add the appropriate section to the article. Another option is modeling. In this case, the authors will receive a harmonious addition to the development of the topic "Modelling a Mobile Sensory System"
Characteristics of the sensors can be obtained by conducting research in the Ansis program or other similar programs.
This will allow you to get "input parameter" as "range of the sensor unit" or others. And supplement the article with a section on checking the obtained results
Author Response
Thank you very much for your reviews and comments. We have added some quotes to our article related to sensor networks. We would like to note that our models are not concrete, they are not numerical. Therefore, numerical testing of the models is not possible. The described results can be applied in the case of ring topology sensor networks.
Round 3
Reviewer 4 Report
Remark: Fig.1, Fig.3 and Fig.4 add description for axes. Now it's hard to understand the graphs.
Author Response
Thank you very much for your reviews and comments.
The coordinate axes are shown in the pictures Fig. 1, Fig. 3. and Fig.4. The resulting two-dimensional coordinate system is necessary for modeling the observed area and the sensor network.
We would also note that, when examining the sensor networks, we also came to the conclusion that it may be necessary to classify the networks based on the parameters of the sensor units (size, weight, price, mobility, ..)
