Naval Operations Analysis
Contributors: Daniel H. Wagner (Author, Editor); United States Naval Academy Operations Analysis Study Group (Corporate Author); W. Charles Mylander (Editor); Thomas J. Sanders (Editor)
Edition: 3rd edition
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: November 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 421
ISBN-13: 9781557509567
Subjects: Military engineering; Naval forces & warfare; Ship design & naval architecture; Operations research; Military; Naval Operations; History; Technology & Industrial Arts; Naval art and science; Military - Naval; Military Science; Decision making
Description: This textbook for Naval Academy midshipmen focuses on search and detection theory as it was developed in World War II and evolved after the war. Accessible to anyone with a mathematical background, it covers analytical decision-making, simulation techniques, and models used in determining the probability of detection. This third edition is a comprehensive update that collects in one place the basic analytical developments in naval search theory over the last fifty years, while retaining the material on the models of search theory developed in the campaigns against the submarine threat in World War II. With recent improvements in stealth technology, the need to become more knowledgeable about search theory is increasing.