Accession Number:

ADA067621

Title:

Location and Movement Analysis System (LAMAS).

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

TRW DEFENSE AND SPACE SYSTEMS GROUP REDONDO BEACH CALIF

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1978-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

102.0

Abstract:

LAMAS is a computer-based system built at a prototype level to evaluate battlefield command support decision processes. Contract objectives were centered on support of corps-level commands regarding the location and disposition of enemy forces. A European setting at the Fulda Gap was selected and modeled in depth. The CACDA Command and General Staff College enemy order of battle was used along with other scenarios and situations to measure LAMAS performance. This report describes the resultant set of simulated command decisions indicated by LAMAS operating against the CACDA scenario. First an analysis of enemy force movement doctrine was made. Mathematical foundations were derived to model these movements and then they were translated into computer algorithms and files. Prototype software was built to operate on a minicomputer of the size anticipated for future battlefield use-the PDP-1145 and the ruggedized PDP-1160. A self-imposed design constraint to maximize user visibility and interaction was adopted. LAMAS performance demonstrated that a crucial decisions can be made with tactical timeliness and high reliability when used as a battlefield tool and b pre engagement analysis such as intelligence preparation of the battlefield can be efficiently and accurately performed.

Descriptors:

• *TACTICAL ANALYSIS
• DECISION MAKING
• MILITARY FORCES(FOREIGN)
• MILITARY DOCTRINE
• COMBAT SUPPORT
• BATTLEFIELDS
• COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
• WAR GAMES
• ENEMY
• MAN COMPUTER INTERFACE
• MILITARY COMMANDERS
• MILITARY TACTICS
• TACTICAL INTELLIGENCE
• CENTRAL EUROPE

Subject Categories:

• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE