Game Theory and Trade-Off Analysis

Abstract

Which is preferable: a more lethal weapon or a stealthier platform upon which to mount one's current weapon? Of course, without specifying how much more lethal the new weapon is or how much less detectable the platform is the question is unanswerable. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to formulate the question in a precise fashion so that a tradeoff between increased lethality and decreased detectability can be accomplished. Once formulated, the actual tradeoff will be accomplished using results from the area of games of timing, a sub-area of the mathematical Theory of Games.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 27, 2006
Accession Number
ADA459731

Entities

People

  • David Bednarz
  • W. Andrew Jackson

Organizations

  • Tank-automotive and Armaments Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Availability
  • Classification
  • Contracts
  • Game Theory
  • Information Operations
  • Instructions
  • Lethality
  • Monitoring
  • Platforms
  • Security
  • Standards

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