An Approximation to Offset Circle Probabilities.

Abstract

If a weapon system is fired at a circular target and the impact point is distributed as a bivariate normal random variable, it is not particularly difficult to determine hit probability if the expected impact point is at target center. If, for some reason, the expected impact point is offset, the problem of determining hit probabilities becomes quite complex. Herein is developed a method to approximate such a hit probability. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0721545

Entities

People

  • George Edmund Wrockloff Iii

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Hit Probabilities
  • Impact Point
  • Mathematics
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Random Variables
  • Stochastic Processes
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • ballistics.