Review and Critique of the VECTOR-2 Combat Model.

Abstract

This paper is a review and critique of the VECTOR-2 theater-level simulation model of conventional ground-air combat. Aspects of the model analyzed are organization and general structure, environment, resources and logistics, command, control and communication processes, attrition in ground combat, attrition in air-combat, movement of ground units and aircraft, intelligence and target acquisition, and computer-related aspects of the model. The paper emphasizes identification and understanding of assumptions underlying the mathematics of the model (and especially of the attrition processes), with the objective of fostering better understanding of all models. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA058353

Entities

People

  • Alan F. Karr

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Aircrafts
  • Artillery
  • Attack Helicopters
  • Attrition
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Equations
  • Markov Processes
  • Operations Research
  • Probability
  • Semimarkov Processes
  • Stochastic Processes
  • Warfare
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
  • Theoretical Analysis.