Simulation of position errors when using selected Army map products

Authors
Cotner, Jimmy Wayne
Subjects
Land navigation
Orthophoto map
Standard line map
Black and white photo map
Enriched line map
Gamma random variate generation
Exponential random variate map
Advisors
Parry, Samuel H.
Lewis, P. A. W.
Date of Issue
1977-12
Date
December 1977
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
A simulation approach is given to estimating the distribution of navigational errors observed during a test of four Army map products, conducted by the US Army Combat Development Experimentation Command. Exponential and Gamma distributions are simulated with sample sizes identical to the actual data. The simulated samples are then replicated one thousand times to provide sample sizes of one thousand for key parameters such as skewness, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, range and selected quantiles. Comparison of these parameters is then made with the parameters observed in the data to determine the fit of simulated distributions.
Type
Thesis
Description
Series/Report No
Department
Department of Operations Research
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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NPS Report Number
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Format
Citation
Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Rights
This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.