Step 2.1: Literature Search

Some very interesting research has been done in this area. Here are a list of papers.

2014

• Connected wireless camera network deployment with visibility coverage. [1] 

2009

• Optimal video camera network deployment to support security monitoring. [2]

2008

• Optimum camera placement considering camera specification for security monitoring. [3]
• Enhancing Spatial Representation In Primary And Secondary Coverage Location Modeling. [4]
• Automated Placement of Multiple Stereo Cameras. [5]

2007

• Coverage optimization to support security monitoring. [6]
• Sensor configuration for coverage optimization for surveillance applications. [7]
• Optimal Camera Placement for Automated Surveillance Tasks. [8]

2006

• A Design Methodology for Selection and Placement of Sensors in Multimedia Surveillance Systems. [9]
• On the Optimal Placement of Multiple Visual Sensors. [10]
• Approximating Optimal Visual Sensor Placement. [11] 
• Calibrating and optimizing poses of visual sensors in distributed platforms. [12]

2004

• Visibility Analysis and Sensor Planning in Dynamic Environments. [13]
• Optimal placement of cameras in floorplans to satisfy task requirements and cost constraints. [14]

2000

• Camera Placement Considering Occlusion for Robust Motion Capture. [15]

1999

• A survey of sensor planning in computer vision. [16]

1995

• Automatic camera placement for image-based modeling. [17]

References

[1] H. Huang, C.-C. Ni, X. Ban, J. Gao, A. Schneider, and S. Lin, "Connected wireless camera network deployment with visibility coverage," in INFOCOM, 2014 Proceedings IEEE, pp. 1204{1212, April 2014.

[2] B. Debaque, R. Jedidi, and D. Prevost, "Optimal video camera network deployment to support security monitoring," in Information Fusion, 2009. FUSION '09. 12th International Conference on, pp. 1730{1736, July 2009.

[3] R. Malik and P. Bajcsy, "Automated Placement of Multiple Stereo Cameras," in The 8th Workshop on Omnidirectional Vision, Camera Networks and Non-classical Cameras - OMNIVIS, (Marseille, France), Rahul Swaminathan and Vincenzo Caglioti and Antonis Argyros, 2008.

[4] K. Kim and A. T. Murray, "Enhancing spatial representation in primary

and secondary coverage location modeling*," Journal of Regional Science, vol. 48, no. 4, pp. 45{768, 2008.

[5] K. Yabuta and H. Kitazawa, "Optimum camera placement considering camera specification for security monitoring," in Circuits and Systems, 2008. ISCAS 2008. IEEE International Symposium on, pp. 2114{2117, May 2008.

[6] R. Bodor, A. Drenner, P. Schrater, and N. Papanikolopoulos, "Optimal camera placement for automated surveillance tasks," Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 57{295, 2007.

[7] A. T. Murray, K. Kim, J. W. Davis, R. Machiraju, and R. Parent, "Coverage optimization to support security monitoring," Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 133 { 47, 2007.

[8] F. Janoos, R. Machiraju, R. Parent, J. W. Davis, and A. Murray, "Sensor con figuration for coverage optimization for surveillance applications," 2007.

[9] E. Horster and R. Lienhart, "Approximating optimal visual sensor placement," in Multimedia and Expo, 2006 IEEE International Conference on, pp. 1257{1260, July 2006.

[10] E. Hrster and R. Lienhart, "Calibrating and optimizing poses of visual sensors in distributed platforms," Multimedia Systems, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 195{210, 2006.

[11] S. Ram, K. R. Ramakrishnan, P. K. Atrey, V. K. Singh, and M. S. Kankanhalli, "A design methodology for selection and placement of sensors in multimedia surveillance systems," in Proceedings of the 4th ACM International Workshop on Video Surveillance and Sensor Networks, VSSN '06, (New York, NY, USA), pp. 121{130, ACM, 2006.

[12] E. Horster and R. Lienhart, "On the optimal placement of multiple visual sensors," in Proceedings of the 4th ACM International Workshop on Video Surveillance and Sensor Networks, VSSN '06, (New York, NY, USA), pp. 111{120, ACM, 2006.

[13] A. Mittal and L. Davis, "Visibility analysis and sensor planning in dynamic environments," in Computer Vision - ECCV 2004 (T. Pajdla and J. Matas, eds.), vol. 3021 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 175{189, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2004.

[14] U. M. Erdem and S. Sclaro , "Optimal placement of cameras in floorplans to satisfy task requirements and cost constraints," in In Proc. of OMNIVIS Workshop, 2004.

[15] X. Chen and J. Davis, "Camera placement considering occlusion for robust motion capture," tech. rep., 2000.

[16] S. Fleishman, D. Cohen-Or, and D. Lischinski, "Automatic camera placement for image-based modeling," in Computer Graphics and Applications, 1999. Proceedings. Seventh Pacific Conference on, pp. 12{20, 315, 1999.

[17] K. Tarabanis, P. Allen, and R. Tsai, "A survey of sensor planning in computer vision," Robotics and Automation, IEEE Transactions on, vol. 11, pp. 86{104, Feb 1995.