A Game Theory Solution to an Aiming Problem

Abstract

This paper discusses the game theory solution to the following aiming problem: An attacker receives information about the location of a target and launches a weapon. It is assumed that, at the moment it is supposed to be hit, the target may be anywhere within an annulus with radii R1, R2, which depend on the weapon delivery time and the target evasion manoeuvres. Using a polar coordinate system R, theta, the assumption is made that the target is uniformly distributed in theta, but chooses R between the limits R1 and R2 in order to maximize its chance of escape.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 15, 1970
Accession Number
AD0876850

Entities

People

  • Hans G. Diess

Organizations

  • SACLANT ASW Research Centre

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Boundaries
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Detection
  • Equations
  • Game Theory
  • Geometry
  • Governments
  • Impact Point
  • Intervals
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Probability
  • Step Functions
  • Transitions
  • Two Dimensional
  • Weapon Delivery
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Game Theory.
  • ballistics.