International Series in Operations Research & Management Science

Washburn, Alan; Kress, Moshe

"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.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2009-08-26

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781441907899

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0790-5

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 280