Abbott, B. P.B. P.AbbottAbbott, R.R.AbbottAbbott, T. D.T. D.AbbottAbernathy, M. R.M. R.AbernathyAcernese, F.F.AcerneseAckley, K.K.AckleyAdams, C.C.AdamsAdams, T.T.AdamsAddesso, P.P.AddessoAdhikari, R. X.R. X.AdhikariAdya, V. B.V. B.AdyaAffeldt, C.C.AffeldtAgathos, M.M.AgathosAgatsuma, K.K.AgatsumaAggarwal, N.N.AggarwalAguiar, O. D.O. D.AguiarAin, A.A.AinAjith, P.P.AjithAllen, B.B.AllenAllocca, A.A.AlloccaAltin, P. A.P. A.AltinAmariutei, D. V.D. V.AmariuteiAnderson, S. B.S. B.AndersonAnderson, W. G.W. G.AndersonArai, K.K.AraiAraya, M. C.M. C.ArayaArceneaux, C. C.C. C.ArceneauxAreeda, J. S.J. S.AreedaArnaud, N.N.ArnaudArun, K. G.K. G.ArunAshton, G.G.AshtonAst, M.M.AstAston, S. M.S. M.AstonAstone, P.P.AstoneAufmuth, P.P.AufmuthAulbert, C.C.AulbertBabak, S.S.BabakBaker, P. T.P. T.BakerBaldaccini, F.F.BaldacciniBallardin, G.G.BallardinBallmer, S. W.S. W.BallmerBarayoga, J. C.J. C.BarayogaBarclay, S. E.S. E.BarclayBarish, B. C.B. C.BarishBarker, D.D.BarkerBarone, F.F.BaroneBarr, B.B.BarrBarsotti, L.L.BarsottiBarsuglia, M.M.BarsugliaBarta, D.D.BartaBartlett, J.J.BartlettBartos, I.I.BartosBassiri, R.R.BassiriBasti, A.A.BastiBatch, J. C.J. C.BatchBaune, C.C.BauneBavigadda, V.V.BavigaddaBazzan, M.M.BazzanBehnke, B.B.BehnkeBejger, M.M.BejgerBelczynski, C.C.BelczynskiBell, A. S.A. S.BellBell, C. J.C. J.BellBerger, B. K.B. K.BergerBergman, J.J.BergmanBergmann, G.G.BergmannBerry, C. P.L.C. P.L.BerryBersanetti, D.D.BersanettiBertolini, A.A.BertoliniBetzwieser, J.J.BetzwieserBhagwat, S.S.BhagwatBhandare, R.R.BhandareBilenko, I. A.I. A.BilenkoBillingsley, G.G.BillingsleyBirch, J.J.BirchBirney, R.R.BirneyBiscans, S.S.BiscansBisht, A.A.BishtBitossi, M.M.BitossiBiwer, C.C.BiwerBizouard, M. A.M. A.BizouardBlackburn, J. K.J. K.BlackburnBlair, C. D.C. D.BlairBlair, D.D.BlairBlair, R. M.R. M.BlairBloemen, S.S.BloemenBock, O.O.BockBodiya, T. P.T. P.BodiyaBoer, M.M.BoerBogaert, G.G.BogaertBogan, C.C.BoganBohe, A.A.BoheBojtos, P.P.BojtosBond, C.C.BondBondu, F.F.BonduBonnand, R.R.BonnandBork, R.R.BorkBoschi, V.V.BoschiBose, S.S.BoseBozzi, A.A.Bozzi2025-08-302025-08-302016-02-0810.1007/lrr-2016-12-s2.0-84959257630http://repository.iitgn.ac.in/handle/IITG2025/21959We present a possible observing scenario for the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo gravitational-wave detectors over the next decade, with the intention of providing information to the astronomy community to facilitate planning for multi-messenger astronomy with gravitational waves. We determine the expected sensitivity of the network to transient gravitational-wave signals, and study the capability of the network to determine the sky location of the source. We report our findings for gravitational-wave transients, with particular focus on gravitational-wave signals from the inspiral of binary neutron-star systems, which are considered the most promising for multi-messenger astronomy. The ability to localize the sources of the detected signals depends on the geographical distribution of the detectors and their relative sensitivity, and 90% credible regions can be as large as thousands of square degrees when only two sensitive detectors are operational. Determining the sky position of a significant fraction of detected signals to areas of 5 deg²to 20 deg²will require at least three detectors of sensitivity within a factor of ~ 2 of each other and with a broad frequency bandwidth. Should the third LIGO detector be relocated to India as expected, a significant fraction of gravitational-wave signals will be localized to a few square degrees by gravitational-wave observations alone.trueData analysis | Electromagnetic counterparts | Gravitational waves | Gravitational-wave detectorsArticlehttps://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/lrr-2016-1.pdf143383511-398 February 20164841reJournal465