A simulation model for availability under battlefield situations

Simulation

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 332-338

  Sadananda Upadhya, K ^a   Srinivasan, N K ^a  

^a DRDO   (India)

Author keywords

Availability; Battlefield situations; Discrete event simulation; Military simulation; Monte Carlo methods; Weapon platforms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012073278     PISSN: 00375497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003754970007400602     Document Type: Article

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