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BAYESian expression for the probability that a searcher will find a target

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The familiar expression for the probability of finding a stationary target is rewritten in aBayesian form, in the case where the search is carried out by a man walking along a given path.

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Der übliche Ausdruck für die Wahrscheinlichkeit des Auffindens eines stationären Zieles wird für denjenigen Fall in eineBayessche Form gebracht, in dem das Ziel von einer Person gesucht wird, die entlang eines gegebenen Pfades wandert.

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  1. Schneeweiss, H.: Entscheidungskriterien bei Risiko. Springer, Berlin 1967.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

    O. Hellman

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Hellman, O. BAYESian expression for the probability that a searcher will find a target. Unternehmensforschung Operations Research 12, 178–184 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01918327

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