A survey of approaches to the modeling of land combat.
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Authors
Farmer, William Ted
Subjects
land Combat models
War Games
lanchester - type equations
Monte Carlo simulations
Analytical models
War Games
lanchester - type equations
Monte Carlo simulations
Analytical models
Advisors
Taylor, J.G.
Date of Issue
1980
Date
June 1980
Publisher
Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
This thesis surveys various methods for modeling land
combat and examines the assumptions underlying each method.
The users of land combat models are identified according to
the nature of the problems that they are trying to solve:
weapons system life-cycle management/ tactical planning and
doctrine/ force structuring/ education and training/ and
research and methodology. The distinction between models
and the modeling process is made and some of its
consequences explored. A survey of modeling methodologies
is presented: it includes high-resolution Monte Carlo
simulations/ Lanches ter-type models, analytical models,
manual war games/ firepower scores models, the hierarchy of
models concept/ and the Quantified Judgment Method of
Analysis. Finally/ a basic reading list on models is
provided for the beginning military operations research
analyst.
Type
Thesis
Description
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Department
Department of Operations Research
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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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.