A Two-Sided Optimization for Theater Ballistic Missile Defense

dc.contributor.authorBrown, G.
dc.contributor.authorCarlyle, M.
dc.contributor.authorDiehl, D.
dc.contributor.authorKline, J.
dc.contributor.authorWood, K.
dc.contributor.corporateCenter for Infrastructure Defense (CID)
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Operations Research
dc.date2005
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-25T23:03:09Z
dc.date.available2013-09-25T23:03:09Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.descriptionOperations Research, 53, pp. 263-275.en_US
dc.descriptionCenter for Infrastructure Defense (CID) Paper.en_US
dc.description.abstractWe describe JOINT DEFENDER, a new two-sided optimization model for planning the pre-positioning of defensive missile interceptors to counter an attack threat. In our basic model, a defender pre-positions ballistic missile defense platforms to minimize the worst-case damage an attacker can achieve; we assume that the attacker will be aware of defensive pre-positioning decisions, and that both sides have complete information as to target values, attacking-missile launch sites, weapon system capabilities, etc. Other model variants investigate the value of secrecy by restricting the attacker’s and/or defender’s access to information. For a realistic scenario, we can evaluate a completely transparent exchange in a few minutes on a laptop computer, and can plan near-optimal secret defenses in seconds. JOINT DEFENDER’s mathematical foundation and its computational efficiency complement current missile-defense planning tools that use heuristics or supercomputing. The model can also provide unique insight into the value of secrecy and deception to either side. We demonstrate with two hypothetical North Korean scenarios.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBrown, G., Carlyle, M., Diehl, D., Kline, J. and Wood, K., 2005, “A Two-Sided Optimization for Theater Ballistic Missile Defense,” Operations Research, 53, pp. 263-275.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/36722
dc.rightsThis publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.en_US
dc.subject.authorMilitary Planning and Logisticsen_US
dc.titleA Two-Sided Optimization for Theater Ballistic Missile Defenseen_US
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