Annihilation Prediction for Lanchester-Type Models of Modern Warfare

Abstract

This paper introduces important new functions for analytic solution of Lanchester- type equations of modern warfare tor combat between two homogeneous forces modeled by power attrition-rate coefficients with "no offset." Tabulations of these Lanchester-Clifford-Schlafli (or LCS) functions allow one to study this particular variable-coefficient model almost as easily and thoroughly as Lanchester's classic constant-coefficient one, LCS functions allow one to obtain important information (in particular, force-annihilation prediction) without having to spend the time and effort of computing force-level trajectories. The choice of these particular functions as based on theoretical considerations that apply in general to Lanchester type equations of modern warfare and provide guidance for developing other canonical functions. Moreover, our new LCS functions also provide valuable information about related variable-coefficient models. Also, we introduce an important transformation of the battle's time scale that not only simplifies the force-level equations, but also shows that relative fire effectiveness and intensity of combat are the only two weapon-system parameters determining the course of such variable-coefficient Lanchester type combat.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA608569

Entities

People

  • Gerald G. Jerry Brown
  • James G. Taylor

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Mathematics
  • Attrition
  • Command And Control
  • Complex Variables
  • Computational Science
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Mathematical Models
  • Mathematical Programming
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Operations Research
  • Simulations
  • Theorems
  • United States
  • Warfare
  • Weapon Systems

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

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  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies