Analysis of Losses in ASW Defence of Shipping Campaigns

Abstract

Hierarchies of models have been developed that can be used to describe and analyse the losses resulting from large-scale ASW defense-of- shipping campaigns. The models take account of many different categories of merchant ships and submarines operating in different geographical areas. The effects of direct and indirect protection, submarine deployments, cycle time, endurance, weapon load, and duration of attack are included. The hierarchy of models provides a convenient means for determining where and why losses differ; it is also useful for conducting sensitivity analyses and appreciating how measures of effectiveness at the tactical level are related to those at the campaign level.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA004783

Entities

People

  • Robert V. Wiederkehr

Organizations

  • SACLANT ASW Research Centre

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Attrition
  • Detection
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Hierarchies
  • Lanchester Equations
  • Losses
  • Measures Of Effectiveness
  • Nato
  • Nuclear Powered Submarines
  • Probability
  • Sensitivity
  • Shipping
  • Ships
  • Stochastic Processes
  • Submarines

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Theoretical Analysis.