| A | B |
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| POA - Probability Of Area | Relative Likelihood that the Subject is in a Segment . |
| POD - Probability of Detection | Measure of how efficiently a Resource can search a Segment. |
| ROW - Rest of the World | Everywhere else NOT in the Search Area |
| POS - Probability of Success | Proportion of the Search Area swept, calculated as POA x POD. |
| CASIE Software | Computer-Aided Search Information Exchange. |
| CPOD - Cumulative POD | Measure of Total Coverage by all Resources deployed in a Segment or Search Area. |
| Segment | A section of the Search Area clearly defined by geographic or other boundaries. |
| Search Area | The Total of Segments to be searched, not including the ROW. |
| Shift-POA | Technique that changes the relative likelihood of the Subject being in a Segment based on POD debriefings from the field. |
| POA Update | The Shift in POA across all segments resulting from new POD information from a Segment Sweep. |
