Statistical mechanics of combat with human factors
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Statistical mechanics of combat with human factors
zbMATH Open document ID: 0754.60125
DOI: 10.1016/0895-7177(91)90108-J
author: Lester Ingber
author: David D. Sworder
published in: Mathematical and Computer Modelling
publication date: 1993-01-16T00:00:00Z
review text: This highly interdisciplinary project extends previous work in combat modeling and in control-theoretic descriptions of decision-making human factors in complex activities. A previous paper has established the first theory of the statistical mechanics of combat (SMC), developed using modern methods of statistical mechanics, baselined to empirical data gleaned from the National Training Center (NTC). This previous project has also established a JANUS(T)-NTC computer simulation/wargame of NTC, providing a statistical ``what-if'' capability for NTC scenarios. This mathematical formulation is ripe for control-theoretic extension to include human factors, a methodology previously developed in the context of teleoperated vehicles. Similar NTC scenarios differing at crucial decision points will be used for data to model the influence of decision making on combat. The results may then be used to improve present human factors and \(C^ 2\) algorithms in computer simulations/wargames.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 60K35
zbMATH DE Number: 91870
zbMATH Keywords: combat modeling
zbMATH Keywords: decision-making human factors in complex activities
zbMATH Keywords: statistical mechanics
zbMATH Keywords: computer simulations
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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Wikidata QID: Q125886511
full work available at URL: 0895-7177(91)90108-j
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description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 91870