Pellet-Effectiveness Analysis

Frank W. McNolty
Additional contact information
Frank W. McNolty: Missiles and Space Division, Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Palo Alto, California

Operations Research, 1961, vol. 9, issue 4, 522-534

Abstract: This paper presents an analysis of a simple but interesting random collision process. The problem involves the effectiveness of pellets against target objects. Appropriate probability density functions are derived from the physical conditions and are used to discuss various properties of the random collision process and the effectiveness of the pellets. No new statistical techniques are provided in the paper and it is perhaps noteworthy that such simple, well-known methods can be employed to investigate so many aspects of an interesting problem.

Date: 1961
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/opre.9.4.522 (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:inm:oropre:v:9:y:1961:i:4:p:522-534

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Operations Research from INFORMS Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Chris Asher ().