An Analytic Model of Coordinated Effort with Application to the Problem of Surveillance C3.

Abstract

A two-level surveillance system is modeled using cybernetic techinques. It is shown that if system entropy is used as a measure of system performance, its steady state average becomes a sensitive discriminate between alternative control modes, such as between central and local control. It also measures the system's sensitivity to variations in sensor resources, their capabilities and the policy by which they are allocated. it is concluded that informationally derived measures of performance, such as entropy, are appropriate for C3 modeling in many cases that they can prescribe quantitative tradeoffs in a quite general way. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA071081

Entities

People

  • Don E. Harrison Jr.
  • Paul H. Moose

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemistry
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • False Alarms
  • Markov Chains
  • Markov Processes
  • Military Operations
  • Navy
  • Organizational Structure
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Probability
  • Random Variables
  • Simulations
  • Steady State
  • Time Intervals

Readers

  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control