An approximating algorithm for an optimum aim-points problem.

Sidney I. Firstman

Expert InsightsPublished 1959

An algorithm that will yield approximate solutions in integers for the problem of assigning missiles to aim points so as to maximize the resultant expected target destruction. The target complex is such that a weapon aimed at one target can destroy another, or a weapon aimed between several targets can destroy more than one. A precise statement of the algorithm and an example of its use are given.

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Firstman, Sidney I., An approximating algorithm for an optimum aim-points problem. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1959. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P1678.html.
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