Aggregate combat modeling using high-resolution simulation: "the "meeting engagement"scenario as a case study

2026/07/15 by Sumanta K. Das, Pankaj Sati, Rajiv Gupta
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Abstract

This paper illustrates a methodology for developing aggregated combat models using high-resolution simulation and the Markovian Lanchester process. The details of the mathematical models involved in a high-resolution simulation process of a Meeting Engagement tactical scenario are presented, along with a theoretical discussion on the Markovian Lanchester model. The output from the discrete event simulation model is used to estimate the attrition rates for an aggregated Lanchester model. A comparative study of various statistical estimation methods suitable for such estimation is also presented.

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