Article ID: | iaor1995786 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 41 |
Issue: | 6 |
Start Page Number: | 789 |
End Page Number: | 805 |
Publication Date: | Oct 1994 |
Journal: | Naval Research Logistics |
Authors: | Ladany Shaul P., Sklar Michael G. |
Keywords: | simulation: applications |
A large-scale simulation was conducted to investigate the statistical properties and the suitability of an estimator that estimates the coordinates of a three-dimensional source, according to the angles at which several observers view the source. The estimator uses a heuristical averaging method of estimates obtained from the solution of six two-dimensional problems that utilize line-to-point transformations. The estimator was found to be approximately unbiased with low standard deviations for normal error distributions. An effective and easy-to-use forecasting formula was developed to forecast the parameters of the distributions of the estimates.