Accession Number:

AD0876007

Title:

Force Requirement Analysis Model Documentation for Commanders, Operators, Programmers.

Descriptive Note:

Research rept.,

Corporate Author:

STANFORD RESEARCH INST MENLO PARK CA

Personal Author(s):

• Kooyers, Gerald P.
• Vartanian, P. A.
• Chaiken, Paul D.

Report Date:

1970-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

376.0

Abstract:

This documentation of the Force Requirement Analysis Model FRAM consists of a Command, Operations, and program Maintenance manual so designed to provide staff non-ADP personnel or users with information necessary to efficiently operate the above named software system. FRAM is a methodology assigned to analyze problems in land and tactical air warfare either on the battlefield or over a total campaign. This model accepts as inputs for both combatants, orders of battle landair broken down into destructive units, unit deployment buildups, unit firepower effectiveness, unit mobility, scenario logic such as battlefield or campaign objectives and contingency plans, and battlefield topography or campaign geography. Author

Descriptors:

• *TACTICAL WARFARE
• *COMPUTER PROGRAMS
• *WAR GAMES
• *DEPLOYMENT
• MILITARY REQUIREMENTS
• CASUALTIES
• PLANNING
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES)
• TACTICAL AIR SUPPORT
• INFANTRY
• CLOSE SUPPORT
• MOBILITY
• TERRAIN
• AERIAL WARFARE
• MILITARY PERSONNEL
• LOGISTICS
• MILITARY STRATEGY
• LANCHESTER EQUATIONS
• SUBROUTINES
• FLOW CHARTING

Subject Categories:

• Computer Programming and Software
• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE