A Review of Seven DOAE Papers on Mathematical Models of Attrition.

Abstract

This paper is a descriptive and critical review of seven papers on the mathematics of combat attrition prepared by staff members of the Defence Operational Analysis Establishment of the U.K. The papers reviewed are A Bivariate Probability Distribution; The Moments of the Distribution of Battle States; Homogeneous Battles with General Attrition Functions; The Distribution of the Duration of Battle; Approximate Moments of the Distribution of States of a Simple Heterogeneous Battle; and Stochastic 'Linear Law' Battles; and Moments of the Distribution of States for a Battle with General Attrition Functions. Emphasis of the reviews is on mathematical aspects of the stochastic attrition process treated in the papers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA048609

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  • Alan F. Karr

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

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  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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  • Computational Science
  • Computations
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Lanchester Equations
  • Markov Chains
  • Markov Processes
  • Mathematical Models
  • Mathematics
  • Models
  • Probabilistic Models
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Random Walk
  • Stochastic Processes

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