Combat Modeling

TRAMA

"Combat Modeling" is a systematic learning resource and reference text for the quantitative analysis of combat. After a brief overview, authors Washburn and Kress present individual chapters on shooting without feedback; shooting with feedback; target defense; attrition models; game theory and wargames; search; unmanned aerial vehicles; and terror and insurgency. Three appendices provide a review of basic probability concepts, probability distributions, and Markov models; an introduction to optimization models; and a discussion of Monte-Carlo simulations. Drawing on their many years of experience at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, Washburn and Kress have created a reference that will provide the tools and techniques for analysts involved in the underpinnings of combat decisions. This is a book that can be used as a military manual, reference book, and textbook for military courses on this vital subject.

SOMMARIO

Generalities and Terminology.- Shooting Without Feedback.- Shooting with Feedback.- Target Defense.- Attrition Models.- Game Theory and Wargames.- Search.- Mine Warfare.- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.- Terror and Insurgency.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9781461429326
• Collana: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science
• Dimensioni: 235 x 155 mm
• Formato: Brossura
• Illustration Notes: VIII, 280 p. 54 illus.
• Pagine Arabe: 280
• Pagine Romane: viii