Nomography for Operations Research

Abstract

Nomographs have been found to be useful in operations research. These charts for graphical computation have the advantages to the user of being non-electronic, quick, and easy to use. They can be designed to present complicated mathematical formulas in a simple format to non-mathematical people. Disadvantages are the slide-rule type accuracy and the possible lack of feel that families of curves might possibly give. Research on applications of nomographs in solving operations research problems has lead to development of some procedures for simplified design of nomographs. Examples of nomographs for acoustical design, radar, and sonar illustrate these procedures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 12, 1977
Accession Number
ADA043620

Entities

People

  • Russell C. Coile

Organizations

  • Center for Naval Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Mathematics
  • Detection
  • Doppler Effect
  • Employment
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Law
  • Manpower
  • Mathematics
  • Military Operations
  • New York
  • Operations Research
  • Personnel Management
  • Plotting
  • Political Science
  • Search And Rescue
  • Target Strength

Readers

  • Software Engineering
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics