A Heterogeneous Shoot-Look-Shoot Attrition Process

Abstract

Shoot-look-shoot attrition generally refers to cases in which the shooting side has (or can be adequately modeled as having) sufficient coordination among its shooters that (1) it can assign any particular shooter to engage any particular target, (2) engagements occur in succession, and the shooting side can assess the results of each engagement before being required to make succeeding assignments, and (3) the shooting side can assign shooters who have not yet made an attack (or who are capable of making another attack) to engage only those targets that either have not yet been engaged or have survived all prior engagements against them. This paper describes formulas that can be used to simulate shoot-look-shoot attrition processes in deterministic combat models.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA218991

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  • Lowell B. Anderson

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  • Institute for Defense Analyses

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