Accession Number:

AD0776801

Title:

The Analysis of Tactics.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 1 Apr 72-30 Sep 73,

Corporate Author:

OHIO STATE UNIV RESEARCH FOUNDATION COLUMBUS

Personal Author(s):

• Howland,Daniel
• Colson,Henry D.
• McLean,Charles R.

Report Date:

1973-09-19

Pagination or Media Count:

166.0

Abstract:

The report describes a method for analyzing ASW submarine tactics, which is based on the view that the behavior of the ASW submarine is adaptive i.e., that it is goal-directed, complex, information-dependent, resource-limited, and influenced by both the internal and external environments. Systems exhibiting these dynamic characteristics may be represented by cybernetic models, and their behavior understood in terms of interactions between information and resource flow. This method of analysis is designed to answer three major questions 1 What resources are used to accomplish assigned tasks and missions 2 how are the resources used and 3 to what extent do different resource mixes influence the time and cost of task and mission accomplishment. The method can be used in non-military situations also. Modified author abstract

Descriptors:

• *HUNTER KILLER GROUPS
• *TACTICAL WARFARE
• *MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• TASK FORCES
• CYBERNETICS
• MISSIONS
• TIME SERIES ANALYSIS
• UNDERSEA WARFARE

Subject Categories:

• Administration and Management
• Undersea and Antisubmarine Warfare

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE