A targeting model that minimizes collateral damage

Jeffrey H. Grotte

Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, 1978, vol. 25, issue 2, 315-322

Abstract: This paper considers the problem of allocating weapons to achieve targeting objectives while simultaneously minimizing aggregate damage to surrounding nonmilitary facilities, each of which has an upper limit to the damage it is permitted to incur. A model is formulated which assumes only that damage to individual targets or associated facilities does not decrease as the number of allocated weapons increases. An implicit enumeration algorithm, based on that of Lawler and Bell is described that yields optimal integer solutions. An example is presented.

Date: 1978
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