ATACM: ACDA Tactical Air Campaign Model

Abstract

ATACM is a computer model designed and built for the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency for use in analyzing the impact of various force mixes upon a tactical airwar in Europe between NATO and Warsaw Pact forces. ATACM models an air campaign as a zero-sum staged game and employs dynamic programming to solve this game for approximate, optimal MAXMIN/MINMAX aircraft allocation strategies for the opposing sides at each stage of the campaign. The model permits multiple aircraft types with user-assigned missions, numerical and fractional reinforcements as a function of stage, and user selection of the objective function used to generate the optimal strategies. Descriptions of the problem formulation and the engagement and optimization methodologies used to solve it are presented along with a user's guide and CDC 6600 FORTRAN listings.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADB008645

Entities

People

  • John R. Fish

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Arms Control
  • Attrition
  • Battlefields
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Conversion
  • Dynamic Programming
  • Equations
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Interpolation
  • Kill Probabilities
  • Munitions
  • Residuals
  • Tactical Air Support
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).
  • Game Theory.