A REVIEW OF SEARCH AND RECONNAISSANCE THEORY LITERATURE

Abstract

Research is being performed concerning the development of more generalized mathematical structures of military processes. Emphasis has been directed to the modeling of combat processes and the development of associated allocation strategies. It was thought that many of the existing search and reconnaissance theories would be useful for predicting the amount of intelligence-gathering capability possessed by a tactical unit. A thorough literature review in this area, however, indicated that most of the research efforts have been devoted to the development of strategies for the optimal allocation of search effort and little to the development of descriptive models of intelligence-gathering processes. The purpose of the report is to present the results of the literature review. Principal results in the field and the techniques used in attaining them are presented in an annotated bibliography. A comprehensive bibliography, organized under subject classifications, is included. Finally, some relevant areas for future research are described.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0700333

Entities

People

  • Michael L. Moore

Organizations

  • University of Michigan

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bibliographies
  • Classification
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Dynamic Programming
  • Information Theory
  • Intelligence Collection
  • Literature Surveys
  • Markov Processes
  • Military Research
  • Operations Research
  • Probability
  • Probability Density Functions
  • Probability Distributions
  • Random Variables
  • Reconnaissance
  • Surveillance

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