Shoot-Look-Shoot: A Review and Extension

Abstract

We consider the optimal use of information in shooting at a collection of targets, generally with the object of maximizing the average number (or value) of targets killed. The shooting problem is viewed as a Markov decision process, and the modal solution technique is stochastic dynamic programming. Information obtained about target status may or may not be perfect, and there may or may not be constraints on the number of shots. Previous results are reviewed, and some new results are obtained.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA487449

Entities

People

  • Alan R. Washburn
  • Kevin Glazebrook

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Computations
  • Computer Programming
  • Dynamic Programming
  • Equations
  • Guided Missiles
  • Kill Probabilities
  • Linear Programming
  • Mathematical Models
  • Military Operations
  • Models
  • Operations Research
  • Probability
  • Random Variables
  • Theorems
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Marksmanship and Weaponry.
  • Systems Analysis and Design