Application of differential games to problems of military conflict
Subtitle: tactical allocation problems, Part III - appendices C and D
By: by James G. Taylor
Contributors: Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School
Published: 1974
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif
Language: eng
Subjects: Great Britain. Royal Air Force; Games of strategy (Mathematics); Naval tactics; Procurement; Great Britain; Congresses
Description: The mathematical theory of differential games is used to study the structure of optimal allocation strategies for some time-sequential combat games with combat described by Lanchester-type equations of warfare.  Several specific problems for the determination of optimal time-sequential fire distribution strategies for supporting weapon systems are studied.  Optimal air-war strategies are studied within the context of land-war objectives and compared to those for a model which does not explicitly consider the ground war.  Several differential game models are used to study optimal fire-support strategies in an attack scenario.  For an existing differential game fir-support model we determine for what class of criterion functional (i.e., objectives) the optimal fire-support strategies are independent of force levels.  In a similar differential game we examine the dependence of optimal fire-support strategies upon the functional form of the combat attrition model by considering slightly different combat dynamics.  Some relatively new theoretical developments are required for the complete solution of this latter problem.  Previous analytic work in the field of determination of optimal fire-support strategies is reviewed. (Author)
Notes: Title from cover.

"Prepared for: Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Virginia 22217"--Cover.

"November 1974"--Cover.

"NPS-55TW74112"--Cover.

partial report for period September 1973 - November 1974.

Author(s) subject terms: Military tactics, fire-support strategies, Lanchester theory of combat, tactical allocation, time-sequential combat games, optimal distribution of fire, combat dynamics, differential games.

Includes bibliographical references.

"Approved for public release; distribution unlimited"--Cover.

Technical report; 1974.