Target Detection and Range Estimation

Abstract

A-745(*surface targets, target acquisition), (*target discrimination, performance(human)), range(distance), performance(human), terrain, velocity, probability, predictionsasars(army small arms requirements study), army small arms requirements studyA study of target detection times for human targets in various field situations was conducted to obtain data for the Army Small Arms Requirements Study (ASARS). Three significant variables--terrain complexity, target speed, and target distance--and two randomized control variables (direction of movement and starting position) were studied. Results indicate that terrain complexity and target range were positively related to detection time; target speed was negatively related. Examination of the 24 detection-time distributions suggests that the underlying probability distribution for the detection-time distributions was not exponential in form.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0753600

Entities

People

  • James A. Caviness
  • James H. Mcpherson
  • Jeffery L. Maxey

Organizations

  • Human Resources Research Organization

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Databases
  • Descriptive Analytics
  • Detection
  • Doctrine
  • Human Resources
  • Information Science
  • Moving Targets
  • Personnel Detection
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Small Arms
  • Social Security
  • Statistics
  • Target Acquisition
  • Target Detection
  • Training

Readers

  • Marksmanship and Weaponry.
  • Statistical inference.
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.