Optimal Fire-Support Strategies
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Authors
Taylor, James G.
Subjects
Military Tactics
Fire-Support Allocation Policies
Lanchester Theory of Combat
Tactical Allocation
Time-Sequential Combat Cames
Optimal Distribution of Supporting Fire
Combat Dynamics
Deterministic Optimal Control
Fire-Support Allocation Policies
Lanchester Theory of Combat
Tactical Allocation
Time-Sequential Combat Cames
Optimal Distribution of Supporting Fire
Combat Dynamics
Deterministic Optimal Control
Advisors
Date of Issue
1976-02
Date
February 1976
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
Abstract
Deterministic optimal control theory is used to study the structure of optimal fire-support policies for some time-sequential tactical allocation problems with combat described by Lanchester-type equations of warfare. Numerous specific problems for determining optimal time-sequential fire-distribution policies for supporting weapon systems are studied. A sequence of one-sided time-sequential tactical allocation problems is examined to study how the optimal fire-support policy depends on the nature of the combat model (in particular, maneuver element interactions) and on the quantification of combatant objectives. The modelling of the suppressive effects of supporting weapons and their inclusion in such allocation optimization problems are discussed. The modification of such optimal time-sequential fire-support allocation policies by the inclusion of unit “breakpoints" in the model of combat dynamics is briefly examined. Past work is reviewed and future work suggested.
Type
Technical Report
Description
Prepared for: Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Virginia 22217
Final Report for Period September 1974-January 1976
Final Report for Period September 1974-January 1976
Series/Report No
Department
Operations Research (OR)
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
NPS55TW76021
Sponsors
Naval Analysis Programs, Office of Naval Research under ONR Research
Funder
RR014-11-01
(NR277-087 and NR277-201X)
(NR277-087 and NR277-201X)
Format
151 p.
Citation
Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Rights
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.