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The research memorandum series, a product of RAND from 1948 to 1973, included working papers meant to report current results of RAND research to appropriate audiences.

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Jan 1, 1948

A "semi-Poisson" distribution

An examination of the so-called "semi-Poisson" distribution. The distribution function occurs in certain results of the "shot effect" in an electronic circuit, and the variance equals one-half of the mean....

H. H. Germond
Jan 1, 1948

An elucidation of Stone's solution for a slightly yawning supersonic cone

A physical interpretation of the mathematical analysis of Stone. Expressions for the flow characteristics in the conical field are scrutinized....

G. B. W. Young
Jan 1, 1948

Elastic scattering of neutrons

A preliminary study of the problem of the transmission of neutrons through plane slabs under conditions of elastic scattering and absorption....

Herman Kahn
Jan 1, 1947

Thermodynamic Properties of Metals

Tabulations of the thermodynamic properties of tantalum, molybdenum, tungsten, their oxides and nitrides, and some gaseous fluorine compounds....

L. W. Alvarez
Jan 1, 1947

A Statistical Theory of Target Detection by Pulsed Radar

A study to obtain the probability that a pulsed-type radar system will detect a given target at any range.

J. I. Marcum
Jan 1, 1947

Combat between heterogeneous forces

A generalization of the Lanchester theory of combat for the case of heterogeneous forces. Several examples are presented....

Olaf Helmer-Hirschberg
Jan 1, 1947

Randomness.

Olaf Helmer-Hirschberg
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....

Cecil Hastings
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....

Olaf Helmer-Hirschberg
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.

T. E. Oberbeck
Jan 1, 1947

A Note on the Lanchester Equations

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

T. E. Oberbeck
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....

Andrew H. Dowdy

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