SOME REMARKS ON CIRCULAR PROBABLE ERROR AND OTHER STATISTICS OF TWO- DIMENSIONAL DISTRIBUTIONS

Abstract

A definition is given of Circular Probable Error (CEP) as used in papers produced by the US Seventh Air Force Operations Research Division. Other statistical parameters used in publications of that office are also discussed, as well as orientations used in analyses of navigational and weapon-delivery errors. A graphical method is presented for transforming from Standard Deviations on two orthogonal axes to CEP.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 12, 1969
Accession Number
AD0689780

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  • James F. Gallagher

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  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Circular Error Probable
  • Data Science
  • Information Science
  • Mathematics
  • Operations Research
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Standards
  • Statistics
  • Tactical Analysis
  • Two Dimensional
  • Weapon Delivery
  • Weapons

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