An Attrition Model for Penetration Processes

Abstract

This paper presents a new model of combat attrition between attackers and defenders. The model represents cases where the defenders are protecting a passive target and the attackers are attempting to penetrate the defenders to attack the target. A complete set of assumptions and rigorous derivations of the relevant attrition processes are given. Interpretations of the assumptions, extensions,and computational aspects are considered. A taxonomy relating this attrition model with several other attrition equations is also given.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA023039

Entities

People

  • Alan F. Karr
  • Jerry W. Blankenship
  • Lowell B. Anderson

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Classification
  • Computations
  • Detectors
  • Equations
  • Markov Processes
  • Mathematics
  • Munitions
  • Probabilistic Models
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Random Variables
  • Security
  • Stochastic Processes
  • Taxonomy

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Theoretical Analysis.