A short table of Lanchester-Clifford-Schlafli functions

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Taylor, James G.
Brown, Gerald Gerard
Subjects
Lanchester Theory of Combat
Special Functions
Combat Modelling
Deterministic Combat Attrition, Attrition Modelling
Lanchester-Clifford-Schlafli Functions
Combat Dynamics
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Date of Issue
1977-10
Date
1977-10
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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en_US
Abstract
This report contains a reduced set of tables of Lanchester-Clifford-Schlafli (LCS) functions. A companion report contains a more extensive (and currently the most extensive available) set of tables of the LCS functions. These functions may be used to analyze Lanchester-type combat between two homogeneous forces modelled by power attrition-rate coefficients with no effect. Theoretical background for the LCS functions is given, as well as a narrative description of the physical circumstances under which the associated Lanchester-type combat model may be expected to be applicable. Numerical examples are given to illustrate the use of the LCS functions for analyzing aimed-fire combat modelled by the power attrition-rate coefficients with no offset. Our results and these tabulations allow one to study this particular variable-coefficient combat model almost as easily and thoroughly as Lanchester's classic constant-coefficient model. (Author)
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Technical Report
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https://hdl.handle.net/10945/29503
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NPS55-77-42
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supported by the U.S. Army Research Office, Durham, North Carolina with R&D Project No. 1L161102BH57-05 Math (funded under MIPR No. ARO 22-77) and partially by the Office of Naval Research.
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This 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.
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