Resource Allocation with Decentralized Information in Ballistic Missile Defense.
Abstract
This report deals with the way a network of decision makers can control an outside environment. The environment considered is the Ballistic Missile Defense where defense resources are to be allocated. The allocation problem is one of interceptors against an attack. The network of decision makers is described by an arbitrary connection matrix. A decentralized information pattern is considered: each decision maker is a node in the network and has access only to the information of the nodes it is connected to. A decision consists of the allocation of its defense resources to own defense and to support the neighbors. In the dynamic case part of the available resources have to be put aside for future use. The future attack against which these resources will have to be used is known only via a probabilistic description. All these decisions have to be made using the decentralized information available to each decision maker. The framework of solution for this problem is within what is known as team theory. Three decentralized allocations are proposed and compared via simulations with a local strategy (no exchange of information) and the fully centralized strategy. The results show that the most sophisticated decentralized strategy can achieve a performance near the one of the centralized. The implications of these results on the design of a computer network to carry out these functions are also discussed. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 13, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA074377
Entities
People
- Yaakov Bar-Shalom
Organizations
- University of Connecticut