Application of differential games to problems of Naval warfare
Subtitle: surveillance-evasion - part I
By: by James G. Taylor
Contributors: Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School
Published: 1970
Place of publication: Monterey, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 130
Subjects: Naval tactics; Games of strategy (Mathematics)
Description: The kinematic aspect of surveillance-evasion is studied with a deterministic differential game model. The model considers a pursuer with limitations on both speed and maneuverability (turning radius) and an evader with only a speed limitation. Conditions are developed for the pursuer to be able to maintain contact indefinitely. The results of this research modify previously published results on this problem. Shortcomings of previous work are discussed including the fact that the surveillance-evasion problem has not been solved for an arbitrary detection region. Related parts of the solution to Isaacs' homicidal chauffeur game and its one-sided counterpart are developed as background material. Some known allocation of effort in search theory results are derived by the Pontryagin maximum principle.
Notes: Title from cover.

Sponsoring military activity: The Office of Naval Research.  NR 278-034X.

"19 June 1970"--Cover.

"NPS-55TW70061A"--Cover.

DTIC Identifiers: Game theory, pontryagin maximum principle, pursuit evasion games, control theory.

Author(s) key words: Command control, differential games, pursuit and evasion, search theory.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-126)

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

Technical report; March 30, 1970 - June 19, 1970.

Also available in print.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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