INVESTIGATIONS INTO MATHEMATICAL EFFECTIVENESS CRITERIA
Abstract
The formulation of clear and rigorous mathematical criteria for system effectiveness is investigated. Although the investigation was in part motivated by mistrust of the use of expected values (first moments) for such purposes, their use is evidently vindicated. A set of intuitively acceptable axioms which define the desiderata required of possible measures of effectiveness is established. It is then shown that these axioms are sufficient to determine a measure of effectiveness. Peripheral material on the theory of random sets relevant to effectiveness computations is presented in appendix form.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1962
- Accession Number
- AD0277711
Entities
People
- Timothy J. Horrigan