Accession Number:

AD0483249

Title:

PREFERENTIAL STRATEGIES

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ANSER ARLINGTON VA

Personal Author(s):

• Matheson, J. D.

Report Date:

1966-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

45.0

Abstract:

A discussion is presented on targeting strategies for attack and defense. Weapons with unit probability of kill are pre-allocated by each combatant, who knows the enemys total force size but not his weapon allocation. Canonical minimax solutions are formulated for all integral numbers of targets and weapons. In general, multilevel strategies are preferable to uniform strategies.

Descriptors:

• *WEAPON SYSTEMS
• *STRATEGIC WARFARE
• *GAME THEORY
• WARFARE
• DEPLOYMENT
• DEFENSE SYSTEMS
• KILL PROBABILITIES
• PROBABILITY
• VULNERABILITY
• OPERATIONS RESEARCH
• ENEMY PERSONNEL

Subject Categories:

• Statistics and Probability
• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE