Application of Differential Games to Problems of Military Conflict: Tactical Allocation Problems -- Part III. Appendices C and D.
Abstract
The mathematical theory of differential games is used to study the structure of optimal allocation strategies for some time-sequential combat games with combat described by Lanchester-type equations of warfare. The work reported here primarily concerns the application of existing differential game theory (including some recent developments of the author on necessary conditions of optimality for problems with state variable inequality constraints) for the determination of optimal time-sequential combat strategies in several Lanchester-type differential games of tactical interest. Two time-sequential problems of optimal fire-support allocation are considered: the first examines the determination of optimal air-war campaign strategies within the context of ground-war objectives, while the second examines the determination of optimal time-sequential fire distribution strategies for supporting weapon systems (here taken to be artillery or naval ship gunfire).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1974
- Accession Number
- ADA005872
Entities
People
- James G. Taylor
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School