Internetting of Fires
Abstract
The advent of long-range, accurate weapons, together with advanced sensors and information systems, has changed the nature of the modem battlefield. Targets can now be engaged by weapon systems that are widely separated geographically from their targets. These new capabilities bring increased demands for coordination and optimization when multiple weapon systems ('shooters') engage multiple targets. There are aspects of an assignment problem where each shooter does what he is good at relative to other shooters in order to maximize destruction to any given set of targets. This report introduces methods for making assignments optimally, and compares them to simpler methods that optimize only locally, instead of globally. The benefits for global optimization depend on circumstances, but can be substantial.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA403885
Entities
People
- Alan R. Washburn
- David Olwell
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School