Historical Data and Lanchester's Theory of Combat. Part 1

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to search for empirical relations among various quantitative aspects of ground combat suggested by Lanchester's square law model. The motivation for considering this problem is discussed at some length in the introductory section. Theoretical and methodological issues bearing on the problem are discussed. Data on 92 historical battles are studied for information bearing on the problem. The principal results are contained in several tables and figures and are exhaustively evaluated. Areas where these results might be applied are indicated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0480975

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  • R. L. Helmbold

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  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Attrition
  • Casualties
  • Civil War
  • Confidence Limits
  • Data Science
  • Equations
  • Information Science
  • Losses
  • Military History
  • Military Organizations
  • Operations Research
  • Probability
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Surveys
  • United States
  • Warfare

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  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Regression Analysis.
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