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Accession Number:
ADA278290
Title:
A Bivariate Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average Analysis of Combat Troop Casualty Rates
Corporate Author:
NAVAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER SAN DIEGO CA
Report Date:
1994-02-01
Abstract:
Mathematical modelling of medical resource requirements during military operations requires analyzing the underlying relationships between Disease and Non-Battle Injury DNBI rates and Wounded-In-Action WIA rates. DNBI and WIA data were extracted from Marine Corps unit diaries for a 150-day period of the Korean War and from a go day period of the Okinawa operation during World War 2 and a 123 day period of the war in Vietnam. The time series data were set up in a bivariate autoregressive integrated moving average analysis. All the univariate models are best represented with a moving average term. This study has shown that WIA rates can be a useful predictor of DNBI rates when using a bivariate ARIMA model. High levels of WIA incidence will affect DNBI rates the immediate day and the following day. These results were consistent throughout the three military conflicts examined and should prove indicative for future military campaigns. ARIMA, Autocorrelation, Medical resources, Arrival rates, Time series.
Descriptive Note:
Final rept. Oct 1993-Feb 1994
Pages:
0017
Distribution Statement:
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
File Size:
0.71MB
