THE OPTIMUM ALLOCATION OF WEAPONS TO TARGETS: A DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING APPROACH

Abstract

The optimality principle of dynamic programming is used to determine the optimum solution of a weapons allocation problem for the case involving a total weight constraint on the amount of ammunition employed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0290670

Entities

People

  • Ralph Shear
  • William Sacco

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Ammunition
  • Computer Programming
  • Dynamic Programming
  • Military Operations
  • Munitions
  • National Security
  • New Mexico
  • New York
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Nuclear Warheads
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Marksmanship and Weaponry.
  • Mathematical Modeling and Probability Theory.
  • Structural Dynamics.