A joint campaign analysis approach to antisubmarine warfare using a circulation model template
By: Richard D. Feustel
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Subjects: Naval strategy; Anti-submarine warfare; Computer simulation
Description: To enhance insight into a war at sea, a general, aggregated and highly flexible model of the ASW campaign is offered. This  thesis provides a simple and usable circulation model template. The generality and simplicity of the model allows for 'jointization' of an ASW campaign by allowing the user to utilize other resources to define the force mix. The model is designed, first and foremost, to examine the change in the marginal effectiveness of friendly ASW forces due to changes in force level, mix, effectiveness, and employment strategies. The model is keyed to the interaction of a threat submarine with friendly ASW forces and merchant or military shipping. Specific features of the model provide for four unique attack regimes. The in port and operational regimes control friendly attacks on a daily basis while the outbound and inbound regimes control barriers by events. The campaign model is a deliverable product programmed using Borland(registered) Delphi for use in Microsoft Windows.
Notes: Thesis advisor(s): Wayne P. Hughes.

"September 1996."

Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research) Naval Postgraduate School, September 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 115)

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dk/dk cc:9116 4/21/97.  Record updated 02/23/05