Estimating the probability of a diffusing target encountering a stationary sensor
Abstract
In this report two expressions are given for the probability of a
diffusing target avoiding detection to time t by a sensor fixed at the
center of a square region A. The target is constrained to always remain
within A. The first expression results from an approximation to the
exact solution of the diffusion equation, and the second from experimentation
with a Monte Carlo simulation of the diffusion process.
NPS Report Number
NPS55-85-013Related items
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