"Value." . . "Interceptors." . . "Attack." . . "Military strategy." . . "RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA." . . "Operations research." . . . . . . . . . "Optimal Attack Against an Area Defense Protecting Many Targets" . . . . . . . . . . "Optimal attack against an area defense protecting many targets" . "Optimal attack against an area defense protecting many targets"@en . "Optimal Attack against an Area Defense Protecting Many Targets"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Many separated targets, of only a few differing values, are subject to a simultaneous attack. The area defenses considered have (a) impact point prediction (IPP) and full coordination, or (b) no IPP and full coordination, or (c) no IPP and partial coordination. For a given attack, the defense wish s to allocate its interceptors to maximize the expected total survival value of the targets. For a given attack size, and with knowledge of the defense's capabilities, the offense seeks a strategy to minimize expected total survival value against best defense. We present algorithms to determine optimal attack and defense strategies and the optimal value of the min-max problem, and we show how to take computational advantage of the relatively few unique target values. Illustrative computational results are provided. (edc)."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Many separated targets, of only a few differing values, are subject to a simultaneous attack. The area defenses considered have (a) impact point prediction (IPP) and full coordination, or (b) no IPP and full coordination, or (c) no IPP and partial coordination. For a given attack, the defense wishes to allocate its interceptors to maximize the expected total survival value of the targets. For a given attack size, and with knowledge of the defense's capabilities, the offense seeks a strategy to minimize expected total survival value against best defense. We present algorithms to determine optimal attack and defense strategies and the optimal value of the min-max problem, and we show how to take computational advantage of the relatively few unique target values. Illustrative computational results are provided."@en . . . . . . "Defense systems." . . "Computations." . . "Teoria dei giochi Applicazioni all'arte e alle scienze militari Modelli matematici." . . "Separation." . . "RAND Corporation." . . "Minimax technique." . . "Algorithms." . . . . "Impact point." . . "Synchronism." . . "Sizes(dimensions)" . . "Allocations." . . "Survival(general)" . . "Targets." . . "Area defense." . . "Optimization." . . "Impact prediction." . . "Resource management." . .