An Application of Queues to Offensive Support Indirect Fire Weapons Systems

Abstract

This paper presents a general foundation for an analysis of the grade of service provided by delivery systems in the execution of fire missions. Queueing theory is used to develop several queueing models for the delivery systems in field operations. Furthermore, a number of simulations are constructed from theses simple queueing models. These simulations extend the concepts introduced earlier with the inclusion of an x and y co-ordinate reference for both the delivery systems and the targets prosecuted by the delivery systems. In these simulations, three methods for the allocation of targets to delivery systems are examined. Results from simulations are analysed in terms of empirical approximations to stationary distributions and average occupancies.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA434158

Entities

People

  • Scott Wheeler

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Classification
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Equations
  • Howitzers
  • Indirect Fire
  • Laser Target Designators
  • Linear Programming
  • Mathematical Models
  • Mathematical Programming
  • Operations Research
  • Probability
  • Queueing Theory
  • Random Variables
  • Systems Engineering
  • Systems Science
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Computer Networking
  • Systems Analysis and Design