Further Examination of Optimal Fire Support Strategies.

Abstract

Previous thesis research has studied optimal time-sequential artillery fire distribution strategies in an attack scenario by considering a two-person, zero-sum, deterministic differential game. This past work is reviewed and extended by developing additional computational considerations (i.e., manifold of discontinuity for the dual variables) and incorporating these into an existing digital computer program for the determination of optimal time-sequential fire support strategies. The military significance and implications of the structure of an optimal fire distribution policy are discussed.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA001249

Entities

People

  • Robert John Hill Iii

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artillery
  • Artillery Fire
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Digital Computers
  • Discontinuities
  • Fire Support
  • Military Tactics

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Military Science
  • Strategic Security Studies