Air-to-air combat analysis - Review of differential-gaming approachesThe problem of evaluating the combat performance of fighter/attack aircraft is discussed, and the mathematical nature of the problem is examined. The following approaches to air combat analysis are reviewed: (1) differential-turning differential game and (2) coplanar differential game. Selected numerical examples of these approaches are presented. The relative advantages and disadvantages of each are analyzed, and it is concluded that air combat analysis is an extremely difficult mathematical problem and that no one method of approach is best for all purposes. The paper concludes with a discussion of how the two approaches might be used in a complementary manner.
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19820029580
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Legacy CDMS
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Conference Proceedings
Authors
Ardema, M. D. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)