Another similar case of using stats and science to find something (in this case German U-boats) in the middle of ocean. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blacketts-War-Defeated-U-Boats-Broug...

UK/America/other allies were suffering horrendous shipping losses caused by German U-boats. What really helped turn the tide was scientists using 'science' to predict where to find the German U-boats.