Solving the combinatorial explosion problem when calculating the multiple-hit vulnerability of aircraft

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1190-1194

  Pei, Yang ^a,b   Song, BiFeng ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b North West Polytechnology University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMBINATORIAL MATHEMATICS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

AIRCRAFT CUMULATED PROBABILITY; AIRCRAFT VULNERABILITY; COMBINATORIAL EXPLOSION PROBLEM; MARKOV TRANSITION MATRIX;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 33748054802     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.18623     Document Type: Article

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