Development of a Combat Model with a Minibattle Structure

Abstract

This report is concerned with the development of a prototype combat model based on the concept of battle decomposition. The main sources of data were armour / anti-armour combat trials held in Europe and the U.S.A. A review of some relevant results obtained by the authors in a previous related study is presented along with the results of some new data analysis concerning force activity levels and the distribution of firing activity among individual weapon systems. Attrition methodologies appropriate to the resolution of few-on-few combat are discussed and two such methods which have been incorporated in the model are examined in detail. The report goes on to look at the structure of the model in relation to the structure of battle. Finally, some ways of extending the scope of the model are suggested and recommendations are made regarding the simplification of data input and the potential applicability of parallel processing technology. Combat model, Network, Minibattle, Chinese eye, ARCOMS, Attrition, Battle decomposition. (eg)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA220455

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  • Kenneth R. Mcnaught
  • Michael R. Bathe

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Data Analysis
  • Data Sets
  • Deployment
  • Information Science
  • Kill Probabilities
  • Line Of Sight
  • Models
  • Parallel Computing
  • Parallel Processing
  • Random Variables
  • Sampling
  • Simulations
  • Standards
  • Statistical Sampling
  • Warfare
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

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  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Military Science