Accession Number:

ADA045868

Title:

Expected Distance to First Encounter of a Mine in a Minefield.

Descriptive Note:

Technical paper,

Corporate Author:

ARMY COMBINED ARMS COMBAT DEVELOPMENTS ACTIVITY FORT LEAVENWORTH KANS

Personal Author(s):

• Inselmann,Edmund H.
• Bash,David W.

Report Date:

1977-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

9.0

Abstract:

This paper applies the theory of order statistics to determine the expected distance to first encounter of a mine in a minefield. The minefield is assumed rectangular in shape with a uniform distribution of mines. The path swept in the minefield is straight. Author

Descriptors:

• *MINEFIELDS
• *ORDER STATISTICS
• *LAND MINES
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• RANGE(DISTANCE)
• ANTIVEHICLE WEAPONS

Subject Categories:

• Statistics and Probability
• Ammunition and Explosives

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE