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Combat Modeling
Alan R. Washburn
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Description for Combat Modeling
Paperback. This text addresses the modeling of scenarios in virtually every combat area including shooting without feedback, shooting with feedback, target defense, attrition models, game theory and wargames, search, unmanned aerial vehicles, and terror and insurgency. Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science. Num Pages: 280 pages, 54 black & white illustrations, 13 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KJT; PBUH; UYM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
International Series in Operations Research & Management Science
Condition
New
Weight
449g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461429326
SKU
V9781461429326
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Combat Modeling
From the reviews: This is a handy guide ... about the various ways in which mathematics can be applied in war. The authors are clearly well qualified in the field and write clearly and authoritatively. ... The book is very well written ... . outstanding and is a rich source of examples that will be of ... Read more