A Lanchester Model for Air Battles
Abstract
A historical verification, comparing data with model predictions, was made between the results of three World War 2 bombing missions and the outcome which was obtained by allowing an analytical model to 'replay' the battles. The model used to predict bomber force size as a function of time was a closed form solution for a set of differential equations which correspond to Frederick Lanchester's Square Law of combat. An attempt to measure the quality of the model was made by arbitrarily considering a prediction to be 'accurate' if it was within two per cent of the known force size value.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1972
- Accession Number
- AD0741412
Entities
People
- John H. Latchaw
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology