Accession Number:

ADB019299

Title:

A Model for Examining a Search and Attack Operation against a Group of Moving Quarries

Descriptive Note:

Strategic div. note

Corporate Author:

ANSER ARLINGTON VA

Personal Author(s):

• Stern, Martin

Report Date:

1977-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

33.0

Abstract:

This Division Note presents a mathematical model of an operation in which a pursuer attempts to locate and destroy a group of moving quarries. The operation consists of a search lasting for a predetermined length of time, followed by a near-optimal attack. Characteristics of the attackers locational and weapon systems and of the quarries are used as inputs to the model, which calculates the expected outcome and the variance of the outcome of the operation.

Descriptors:

• *ANTISUBMARINE WARFARE
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• ALGORITHMS
• COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
• MOVING TARGETS
• PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTIONS
• SUBMARINE DETECTION
• SEARCH THEORY

Subject Categories:

• Statistics and Probability
• Undersea and Antisubmarine Warfare

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE