A BUILDING BLOCK TECHNIQUE FOR THE STATEMENT AND SOLUTION OF PROBLEMS INVOLVING THE BIVARIATE NORMAL DISTRIBUTION

Abstract

The Building Block Technique is a simplified method for solving problems involving two normal (Gaussian) statistical variables. Thistechnique is intended for engineers who are not versed in statistics. Graphs and tables of precomputed statistical functions, and a catalogof these functions in the form of geometrical analogs (building blocks) are presented. The paper is self-contained s if the problem is statedusing the building blocks, the answer is the algebraic sum of their values. A new function, A(B,)T), the probability included in an offsetangle of the unit circular normal distribution, is introduced and tabulated to five decimal places.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0285622

Entities

People

  • Arthur G. Builta

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Equations
  • Geometry
  • Government Procurement
  • Integrals
  • Mathematics
  • Normal Distribution
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Standards
  • Statistical Functions
  • Statistics
  • United States
  • United States Naval Academy

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Computer Programming and Software Development.
  • Statistical inference.