A Method of Characterizing Air-to-Air Missile Endgame Models

Abstract

Air-to-air missile endgame programs typically require tens of seconds of computer time to calculate a single estimate of probability of kill (P(K). Thousands of these estimates may be required in any given endgame analysis. The main objective of this research was to develop a method for characterizing an endgame model using only a fraction of the amount of data generated by such analyses. In pursuit of this objective, a second objective of actually accomplishing a characterization of an existing endgame program was established. The suggested method for characterizing air-to-air missile endgame programs is based on the semi-empirical approach and its application to SHAZAM. The method is heuristic, rather than algorithmic, due to the subjective nature of the characterization process.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA083517

Entities

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  • Gregory A. Keethler

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Blast
  • Combinatorial Analysis
  • Computer Programs
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Databases
  • Information Science
  • Mathematics
  • Miss Distance
  • Normal Distribution
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Probability
  • Random Variables
  • Regression Analysis
  • Standards

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  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Missile Defense Systems.