AAPMOD: An Interactive, Computer Model for Analysis of Conventional Weapons Effectiveness.

Abstract

This research effort was directed towards developing a flexible, operationally oriented methodology to assess the effectiveness of conventional weapons. Ease of use has been stressed, to enable aircrews and weapons experts to use the methodology. The methodology centers on an interactive computer program, AAPMOD, that simulates a user-defined attack against a user-defined target. The program is a derivative of Attack Assessment Program, originally developed by the University of Oklahoma for the Joint Technical Coordinating Group for Munitions Effectiveness. This study provided the program interactive capability, improved its structure by adding Fortran V constructs, and developed a data-input program - AAPIN - to provide laundered input files for AAPMOD. Program outputs include probabilities of cutting surfaces and denying aircraft operations, as well as expected values for number of hits and area damaged. Validity and capability of AAPMOD are demonstrated in a three factor, two level statistical experiment. The experiment consisted of an airfield attack, with associated discussion of effects of the three factors. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA141219

Entities

People

  • R. N. Miglin

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Aircrafts
  • Command And Control
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Science
  • Information Science
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Network Science
  • Operations Research
  • Reliability
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Computer Science.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering