Accession Number:

ADA090843

Title:

Lanchester-Type Models of Warfare. Volume II

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 1 Oct 1979-30 Sep 1980

Corporate Author:

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA

Personal Author(s):

• Taylor, James G.

Report Date:

1980-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

820.0

Abstract:

This monograph is a comprehensive treatise on Lanchester-type models of warfare, i.e. differential-equation models of attrition in force-on-force combat operations. Its goal is to provide both an introduction to and current- state-of-the-art overview of Lanchester-type models of warfare as well as a comprehensive and unified in-depth treatment of them. Both deterministic as well as stochastic models are considered. Such models have been widely used in the United States and elsewhere for the modelling of force-on-force attrition over the complete spectrum of combat operations, from combat between platoon-sized units through theater-level air-ground combat. This material should be of interest primarily to individuals concerned with defense planning, quantitative aspects of military analysis, military OR, war gaming, or combat modelling, although it may also be of interest to the reader concerned with the modelling and analysis of other dynamic systems. It should also be of interest to the concerned citizen who is interested in the foundations for defense analysis and has the appropriate technical background.

Descriptors:

• *MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• *CONVENTIONAL WARFARE
• *LANCHESTER EQUATIONS
• MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES)
• THEATER LEVEL OPERATIONS
• COMBAT READINESS
• STATE OF THE ART
• GRAPHS
• ATTRITION
• SOLUTIONS(GENERAL)
• MILITARY APPLICATIONS
• DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
• WAR GAMES
• DEFENSE PLANNING
• MARKOV PROCESSES

Subject Categories:

• Operations Research
• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE