Applications of Historical Analyses in Combat Modelling

Abstract

While Lanchester's equations are commonly used as the basis for force-on-force combat models, it is important to remember that Lanchester's Equations are not a model of combat, only a model for combat attrition. There have been numerous attempts to compare historical combat data with the behaviour expected from Lanchester's Equations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA557493

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People

  • Nigel Perry

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

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Communities of Interest

  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Adaptive Systems
  • Attrition
  • Complex Adaptive Systems
  • Computational Science
  • Data Analysis
  • Databases
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Information Science
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Mathematical Models
  • Probability Distributions
  • Random Variables
  • Regression Analysis
  • Stochastic Processes
  • Warfare

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  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Theoretical Analysis.