Returning Fire: Vector Calculus
A shot is fired and 3 microphones intercept the conical shock wave. With
electronics the arrival time differences between microphones is obtained.
From the coordinates of the 3 microphones and the arrival time differences
between them, the location of both the source and destination of the
projectile is determined.
http://mypeoplepc.com/members/jon8338/math/id22.html
The solution is independent of the speed of the bullet. Two shots in the
same direction but at different speeds still originate from the same source.
I posted about this problem before, but after applying it with data I
corrected several mistakes and streamlined the process. The web page above
has a link to an Excel 97 workbook that utilizes Least Squares to solve a
matrix and Excel's Solver to find the root to a quartic with 100 iterations.
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