Least-Squares Averaging of Burst Points

Abstract

The average burst point of artillery shells is computed from individual burst-point observations. We review such calculations within the framework of general least-squares averaging of observation in an n-dimensional space and propose an iterative solution for cases where the event scatter is unknown and neither it nor the observational scatters can be neglected. The solution produces the average burst point and an estimate of the event scatter, that is of the expected burst point location and the dispersion of the artillery fire.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA259617

Entities

People

  • Aivars Celmins

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Algorithms
  • Army
  • Artillery
  • Artillery Ammunition
  • Artillery Fire
  • Commerce
  • Computations
  • Covariance
  • Lepidoptera
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Military Research
  • Observation
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Regression Analysis.
  • Statistical inference.
  • ballistics.

Technology Areas

  • Space