Optimal Allocation of Tactical Missiles between Valued Targets and Defense Targets
Abstract
Various combat duels between an attacker, who owns a stockpile of long range precision-guided missiles, and a defender are addressed. The defender must defend a valued target, or several selected targets (called primary targets) by a group of defending targets (called secondary targets, and are usually understood to be surface-to-air missile batteries). The problem of the attacker is to allocate his missiles between the primary and the secondary targets so as to optimize various measures of effectiveness. The models are divided into two different categories: (a) Models in which the attacker must find optimal sequencing of missiles which are either anti-primary or anti- secondary missiles, (b) Models in which the attacker must find optimal sequencing of missiles which are either real (anti-primary) missiles or decoys. Two mechanisms by which decoys may enhance effectiveness, namely, exhaustion and saturation of the defense, are quantitatively explored. Various cases are examined in the thesis, which makes a heavy use of stochastic dynamic programming and sequential games techniques. Some numerical examples are also given.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA110876
Entities
People
- Erez E. Sverdlov
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School