The Fast Theater Model (FATHM)

Abstract

FATHM is a large-scale attrition model of two-sided ground combat, including air strikes by Blue on Red. While FATHM has borrowed extensively from other combat models, it also exhibits some unique features, particularly its use of linear programming calls to solve a sequence of air-to-ground engagements that are interspersed among ground-to-ground engagements. In spite of making hundreds of such calls, FATHM can still fight a realistically-scaled theater war in about three minutes on a personal computer. This paper gives the genesis and essential features.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA486223

Entities

People

  • Alan R. Washburn
  • Gerald G. Jerry Brown

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Force
  • Air Strikes
  • Aircrafts
  • Attrition
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Differential Equations
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Indirect Fire
  • Linear Programming
  • Military Operations
  • Munitions
  • Operations Research
  • Optimization
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

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