Spatial Statistics for Command and Control

Abstract

One of the key tools that a commander can use to understand and control the battlespace is a map. The danger potential of (mobile) enemy weapons is a function of the location of the weapons, their accuracy, and their firepower. In this research, we develop statistically optimal maps that show danger potential. Producing such maps requires estimates of the weapons' locations at the current time. As the weapons move, the estimated map evolves dynamically, as do measures of its uncertainty. Forecasting the map is a very important problem, which we address through a spatial statistical method that forecasts waypoints.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 30, 2005
Accession Number
ADA441157

Entities

People

  • Noel A. Cressie

Organizations

  • Ohio State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Battlespace
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Contracts
  • Covariance
  • Data Science
  • Delphi Method
  • Electronic Mail
  • Errors
  • Information Operations
  • Information Science
  • Probability
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics
  • Uncertainty
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Geodesy
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control