Heterogeneous Combat Models

Abstract

In the previous chapter combat models were considered in which a Blue force having B and a Red force having R identical weapons (not necessarily the same type as the Blue force weapons) engage each other. These models were called homogeneous combat models. In actual combat each side will have different types of weapons, say, infantry, armor, artillery, etc. Hence, a combat model with a Red force having m types of weapons and a Blue force having n types of weapons is closer to reality and is termed a non-homogeneous or heterogeneous combat model. We represent this as an (m,n) model. In this notation, the homogeneous combat model is a (1,1) model.