On patrolling a channel

Alan R. Washburn

Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, 1982, vol. 29, issue 4, 609-615

Abstract: A simple formula is found to be just as accurate as a complicated one for estimating the probability of detection achievable by an ingenious searcher patrolling a channel or barrier. The difference between “detection” and “closure” is emphasized in an extension.

Date: 1982
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