TY - BOOK ID - 134520279 TI - Effects of terrain, maneuver tactics, and C4ISR on the effectiveness of long-range precision fires : a stochastic multiresolution model (PEM) calibrated to high-resolution simulation AU - Davis, Paul K. AU - Bigelow, J. H. AU - McEver, Jimmie. AU - United States. AU - National Defense Research Institute (U.S.) PY - 2000 PB - Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, DB - UniCat KW - Precision guided munitions KW - Air interdiction KW - Simulation methods. KW - Mathematical models. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:134520279 AB - Situational and tactical factors, which are usually treated only in complex models, strongly influence the effectiveness of long-range precision weapons in interdicting a moving armored column. This study develops a physics-based personal-computer model describing such influences. It draws on high-resolution simulation experiments for both insights and "data" useful in calibrating the simpler model. That model (PEM) explains results of the high-resolution simulation that had previously not been understood and makes it possible to estimate effectiveness over a wide range of circumstances. Results vary by about two orders of magnitude. The study can be seen as a prototype demonstration of the value of working the gamut from high-resolution, entity-level, man-in-the-loop simulation to exploratory analysis with fast-running multiresolution desktop models. The result is a very useful, and partially integrated, family of models. ER -