The Estimation of Lanchester Attrition-Rate Coefficients for an Aggregated Combat Model

Abstract

This thesis considers the problem of estimating Lanchester attrition rate coefficients for an aggregated Lanchester type theater level combat model, BALFRAM, which has been used for various high level defense planning purposes. Several alternative coefficient estimation methodologies are examined, with their strengths, weaknesses, and problems of implementation in BALFRAM being discussed. Data requirements for coefficient estimation and approaches to aggregation are also discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA028891

Entities

People

  • Yin-chu Lee
  • Yu-kung Pi

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Attrition
  • Defense Planning
  • Firing Rate
  • Geographic Regions
  • Geography
  • Mathematical Models
  • Military Personnel
  • Operations Research
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Simulations
  • Tank Guns
  • War Games
  • Warfare
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation