URBAN CASUALITY ESTIMATION AND THE CIRCULAR COVERAGE FUNCTION. 2
Abstract
In a previous paper a city distributed uniformly over a circle was considered in a model for an n-weapon attack using the circular normal damage function and aiming error developed by Hunter. The expected number of casualties was evaluated using the Circular Coverage Function. We consider a single-weapon attack on a city having a circular normal distribution of population about the origin; the aiming error is assumed to be circular normal about the point of impact. The Circular Coverage Function, will figure in the evaluation of the expected number of casualties. Section 2 evaluates the expected casualties when the impact point is given, and in Section 3 an expression for the damage function, modified to include aiming error, is obtained. Section 4 estimates the expected casualties when the aiming point is given.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 17, 1969
- Accession Number
- AD0697936
Entities
People
- Campbell R. Read
Organizations
- Southern Methodist University