Combat Modeling

2009. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4419-0789-9
Verlag: Springer Us

Buch, Englisch, Band 134, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1290 g

Reihe: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science

"Combat Modeling" is a systematic learning resource and reference text for the quantitative analysis of combat. After a brief overview, authors Washburn and Kress present individual chapters on shooting without feedback; shooting with feedback; target defense; attrition models; game theory and wargames; search; unmanned aerial vehicles; and terror and insurgency. Three appendices provide a review of basic probability concepts, probability distributions, and Markov models; an introduction to optimization models; and a discussion of Monte-Carlo simulations. Drawing on their many years of experience at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, Washburn and Kress have created a reference that will provide the tools and techniques for analysts involved in the underpinnings of combat decisions. This is a book that can be used as a military manual, reference book, and textbook for military courses on this vital subject.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Washburn, Alan

Kress, Moshe

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Operations Research Spieltheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Entscheidungstheorie, Sozialwahltheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preliminaries.- Introduction.- Nomenclature.- Analytic Models.- introduction to firing theory.- shoot-look-shoot models.- force-on-force models.- minefields.- air defense.- anti-terror.- search models.- game theory.- Simulation Models.- simulation basics.- data and physics-based approach.- attrition.- detection.- entity decision making.- online modeling libraries and resources.