COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ANALYSIS OF SENSITIVITY DATA FOLLOWING A NORMAL DISTRIBUTION

Abstract

Analysis of sensitivity data following the normal model requires considerable computation except in very special situations. To facilitate making such analyses the computation of the maximum likelihood estimates of the unknown parameters and related statistics was programmed for the Bendix G15-D Computer. The program is intended to be of assistance to engineering personnel of D and PS in their analyses of tests of armor plate, penetration tests of ammunition, and in tests of fuzes for arming distance. The program would normally not be used to calculate the ballistic limit for a small test, but could be used in the analysis of a series of small tests. This report explains the use of the program, the input data, formulas used, and output data, and gives some comments on the applicability of this type of analysis to tests involving a small number of rounds. This work was carried out as part of project 'Procedures and Instrumentation on Techniques for Industrial Testing'.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 24, 1962
Accession Number
AD0661636

Entities

People

  • John S. Hagan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Armor
  • Armor Plate
  • Computations
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Analysis
  • Equations
  • Instrumentation
  • Iterations
  • Normal Distribution
  • Precision
  • Probability
  • Projectiles
  • Random Variables
  • Sensitivity
  • Statistics

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Regression Analysis.
  • ballistics.