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Jan 1, 1947

An Experiment in Estimation.

A proposed experiment to appraise the predicting reliability of available personnel. Two supplementary experiments are suggested: one to study the effect of group size; the second, the effect of additional information....
Research

Jan 1, 1947

A Note on the Lanchester Equations

A supplement to problem (i) on page 7 of RM-6, Combat between Heterogenous Forces.
Research

Jan 1, 1947

A Second Note on the Lanchester Equations

A supplement to RM-6, Combat between Heterogeneous Forces, and RM-12, A Note on the Lanchester Equations.
Research

Jan 1, 1947

The Location of the Maximum of a Function of Two Independent Variables When the Dependent and Independent Variables are Measured Without Error

A study of several attempts to impress the method of steepest ascent (gradient) on the tentacle technique for locating the maximum of the function of two variables.
Research

Jan 1, 1947

Maximizing z=z(x,y) when z is known exactly only for certain values of one or both independent variables

A discussion of a method which maximizes z=z(x,y) when values of z can be determined only for certain values of one or of both independent variables....
Research

Jan 1, 1947

Medical and biological aspects of nuclear energy

A lecture on the biological effects of penetrating radiation (X-rays, gamma rays, and neutrons) on a variety of laboratory animals. The variation in dosages, lethal doses, and effects on the different types of body cells are discussed....
Research

Jan 1, 1947

R-7.2 maximization of a function [phi] (X,Y,Z)

A procedure, involving the radnomization of input values, for locating the maximum of a function of many variables....
Research

Jan 1, 1947

Randomness.
Research

Jul 1, 1946

Preliminary Design of an Experimental World-Circling Spaceship

More than eleven years before the orbiting of Sputnik, history's first artificial space satellite, Project RAND released its first report: Preliminary Design of an Experimental World-Circling Spaceship (SM-11827), May 2, 1946.

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An Experiment in Estimation.

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The Location of the Maximum of a Function of Two Independent Variables When the Dependent and Independent Variables are Measured Without Error

Maximizing z=z(x,y) when z is known exactly only for certain values of one or both independent variables

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Randomness.

Preliminary Design of an Experimental World-Circling Spaceship

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Error

An Experiment in Estimation.

A Note on the Lanchester Equations

A Second Note on the Lanchester Equations

The Location of the Maximum of a Function of Two Independent Variables When the Dependent and Independent Variables are Measured Without Error

Maximizing z=z(x,y) when z is known exactly only for certain values of one or both independent variables

Medical and biological aspects of nuclear energy

R-7.2 maximization of a function [phi] (X,Y,Z)

Randomness.

Preliminary Design of an Experimental World-Circling Spaceship

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