I saw this and straight away thought of feralbrown hehe :)
Mathematical Model for Surviving a Zombie Attack
By Betsy Mason August 14, 2009
"It is possible to successfully fend off a zombie attack, according to Canadian mathematicians. The key is to “hit hard and hit often.” "
link to article:
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/08/zombies/link to actual journal paper (heavy statistics here!)
http://www.mathstat.uottawa.ca/~rsmith/Zombies.pdfenjoy!