Open AccessLetter to the Editor—Optimum Distribution of Armor
Author(s) -
Jagdish S. Rustagi,
T. W. Doub
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
operations research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.797
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1526-5463
pISSN - 0030-364X
DOI - 10.1287/opre.18.3.559
Subject(s) - armour , computer science , distribution (mathematics) , mathematical optimization , probability distribution , operations research , mathematics , statistics , materials science , mathematical analysis , layer (electronics) , composite material
Minimizing the probability of a kill given a hit has been utilized as a criterion for armor distribution on weapons such as tanks, a procedure that reduces to the well-known technique of dynamic programming, which is specially useful in this situation, since the design data involved are available only in numerical form.
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