Letter to the Editor—A Comparison of Estimates of Nuclear Bomb Casualties from Two Different Urban Models
Published Online:1 Oct 1969https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.17.5.923
Abstract
Expected numbers of human casualties in a single-bomb nuclear attack upon a symmetric city are calculated using Sherratt's and Clark's models and for various distances between the city center and ground zero. The calculated results indicate that considerable error may arise in practical cases from the unjustified use of Sherratt's model.
