A Polar-Planimeter Method for Determining the Probability of Hitting a Target

G. R. VanBrocklin and P. G. Murray
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G. R. VanBrocklin: Bell Aircraft Corporation, Buffalo, New York
P. G. Murray: Bell Aircraft Corporation, Buffalo, New York

Operations Research, 1956, vol. 4, issue 1, 87-91

Abstract: This paper presents a method of determining by means of a polar planimeter the probability of falling inside a plane area when the distribution of “hits” in the plane of this area is a normal bivariate distribution centered at some fixed point in the plane. The method presented is especially useful when the area involved is irregular.

Date: 1956
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