Secondary Land Theater Model"This Note describes a new approach to combat modeling and an application of this approach to modeling selected theaters of operation in a global model--the RAND Strategy Assessment System. There are five important features of this new approach: (1) using the model parallels the processes involved in developing a concept of operations or a game plan; (2) the model is rule-based rather than algorithm-based for both decision and assessment processes; (3) the model focuses on first defining a specific situation, and then selecting the most appropriate assessment process; (4) heavy emphasis is placed on the qualitative factors that determine the success or failure of operations, as well as the usual quantitative factors; and (5) the approach relies on the flexibility, clarity, structure, and speed of the RAND-ABEL programming language."--Rand abstracts. |
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adjudicate airborne operation aircraft Airfield algorithms allows the analyst Andoya Bardufoss blue Breakthru campaign plan CAMPAIGN-ALT carrier battle groups coastal control concept of operations DCA-sorties Decision Table Decision Tree defender defined degree of strategic degree of surprise Delib-def Denial determined discrete events distributed option End Table example factors FLOT Fraction lost functional area global model global variables ground combat Hammerfest Hasty-def input variables Keypoint Kirkenes Lanchester equations Landchoke Landing Option Lift loss rate LOC 4 LOC LOC axis LOC chokepoint lost on ingress model is running mountain passes Narvik NATO NEUR Northern Norway Oslo output variables Prep-def RAND Strategy Assessment RAND-ABEL language referee represented RSAS rule-based approach Run-nbr S-Land model Scandinavian Theater SEASONAL MULTIPLIERS sorties standalone version strategic surprise Strategy Assessment Center Sundsvall surprise achieved surprise is high terrain theater of operations theater warfare Trondheim type battle type of battle type of target values