Modeling the Lanchester Laws with System Dynamics

The Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation: Applications, Methodology, Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-20

  Artelli, Michael J ^a   Deckro, Richard F ^b  

^a Langley Air Force Base   (United States)

^b Air Force Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

attrition; combat modeling; Lanchester Laws; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993683692     PISSN: 15485129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154851290800500101     Document Type: Article

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