Patent ID: 6259974
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: F41G,G05D

Abstract:
A method for generating ballistic constants for a pursuing vehicle model from information in a data set representing for each of predetermined combinations of input conditions for the pursuing vehicle and for multiple runs thereof the performance of the pursuing vehicle in response to each predetermined combination, said method comprising the steps of:defining a plurality of generic, sequential operating phases that apply to pursuing vehicles in a generic group in said multiple runs;defining a plurality of generic, ballistic parameters, for each of said plurality of generic operating phase that apply to pursuing vehicles in a generic group;extracting, for each run and for each operating phase in each run and for each ballistic parameter in each operating phase, predetermined parameter values according to information in 'the data set;statistically determining ballistic constants from the extracted predetermined parameter values for each phase in all the runs for a given predetermined combination of input conditions; andgenerating, for each operating phase, matrices of ballistic constants for each of the predetermined combination of input conditions.