Accession Number:

ADA099818

Title:

The Probability of Hitting a Polygonal Target

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

ARMY MATERIEL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS ACTIVITY ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD

Personal Author(s):

• Groves, Arthur D.

Report Date:

1981-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

19.0

Abstract:

For mathematical convenience, military targets are generally represented by simple geometric shapes circles, elipses and rectangles in performance models which require the computation of hit probability. A much more realistic representation of target shape would frequently be possible through the use of a polygon. This report derives a simple algorithm for the computation of the probability of hitting a general n-sided polygon.

Descriptors:

• *TARGETING
• *STOCHASTIC PROCESSES
• *HIT PROBABILITIES
• SHAPE
• FORTRAN
• MILITARY APPLICATIONS
• NUMERICAL METHODS AND PROCEDURES
• INTEGRAL EQUATIONS
• BIVARIATE ANALYSIS
• COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
• ALGORITHMS
• COMPUTER PROGRAMS
• BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS

Subject Categories:

• Statistics and Probability
• Computer Programming and Software

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE