An Improvement to Situational Force Scoring for Adjudicating Attrition in Combined Arms Conflicts
Abstract
Situational Force Scoring is routinely used for combined-arms combat adjudication. This paper asserts that there is a basic problem with Situational Force Scoring due to its use of aggregation and disaggregation. Examples are used to show that in certain limiting situations, nonsensical attrition results are predicted. A simple alteration is suggested and the approaches are compared for a typical application whereby optimal force structures are sought. For several situations both approaches suggest identical or similar solutions, although the resulting attrition display a lower level of correlation. Importantly, however, in some situations the new approach suggests somewhat different results. A game theory analysis is also provided to illustrate the potential use of such models in estimating robust force allocations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA423715
Entities
People
- Andrew Gill
Organizations
- Defence Science and Technology Group