A COMPUTATIONAL PROCEDURE FOR A COVERAGE PROBLEM FOR MULTIPLE SHOTS

Abstract

A frequently occurring problem in weapon systems analysis is the computation of expected fractional damage of an area target engaged by a salvo of area damaging rounds. Of particular interest is the case involving both round to round and occasion to occasion errors. When the number of rounds is large, the available solutions may encounter acute computational difficulty. This report presents a computational procedure, using Jacobi polynomials, which overcomes this difficulty.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0675401

Entities

People

  • Harold J. Breaux
  • Lymm S. Mohler

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Accuracy
  • Binomials
  • Chebyshev Polynomials
  • Computations
  • Computers
  • Convergence
  • Digital Computers
  • Equations
  • Impact Point
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Numerical Quadrature
  • Polynomials
  • Probability
  • Systems Analysis
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Operations Research
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • ballistics.