Attrition Modeling in the Presence of Decoys: An Operations-other-than-war Motivation
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Gaver, D.P.
Jacobs, P.A.
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1997
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Under various operational conditions, in particular in operations other than war
(OOTW) or peacekeeping, an intervening force, here Blue, must occasionally engage in
attrition warfare with an opposing force, here Red, that is intermingled with noncombatants.
Desirably, Red armed actives are targeted, and not the unarmed noncombatants. This article
describes some simple Lanchesterian attrition models that reflect a certain capacity of Blue
to discriminate noncombatants from armed and active Red opponents. An explicit extension
of the Lanchester square law results: Blue’s abstinence concerning the indiscriminate shooting
of civilians mixed with Red’s is essentially reflected in a lower Blue rate of fire and
less advantageous exchange rate. The model applies to other situations involving decoys,
and reflects the value of a discrimination capability.
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Naval Research Logistics, 44 (1997), 507-514.
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Operations Research (OR)
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Gaver, D.P. and Jacobs, P.A.Attrition Modeling in the Presence of Decoys: An Operations-other-than-war Motivation," Naval Research Logistics, 44 (1997), 507-514.
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