Application of a Dynamic Programming Algorithm for Weapon Target Assignment

Abstract

Threat evaluation and weapon assignment procedures are an integral part of achieving successful outcomes in naval combat scenarios, both in terms of defending ones assets and destroying enemy targets. To assist with the ever more complex and rapidly changing combat environment, warfighters require access to real-time decision aids based on optimisation techniques to support the decision making process. This report documents the methodology used to identify, develop and assess a dynamic programming algorithm for Weapon Target Assignment which, after more rigorous testing, could be used as a concept demonstrator and as an auxiliary decision tool in real-time combat situations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1004145

Entities

People

  • Lloyd Hammond

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Australia
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Programming
  • Dynamic Programming
  • Environment
  • Evolutionary Algorithms
  • Heuristic Methods
  • Operations Research
  • Optimization
  • Probability
  • Sequences
  • Situational Awareness
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Threat Evaluation
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Software Engineering.