Optimal Tactics in a Multistrike Air Campaign
ResearchPublished 1954
An analysis of a tactical air campaign model, consisting of a finite number of counterair and countersurface missions, as a multimove continuous game. The optimal tactics are derived as a function of the attrition parameters.
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- Copyright: RAND Corporation
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- Year: 1954
- Pages: 17
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/pubs
- Document Number: RM-1335-PR
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Dresher, Melvin, Optimal Tactics in a Multistrike Air Campaign, RAND Corporation, RM-1335-PR, 1954. As of July 10, 2026: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM1335.html
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Dresher, Melvin, Optimal Tactics in a Multistrike Air Campaign. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1954. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM1335.html.
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