Letter to the Editor—A Modification of Lanchester's Equations

Robert L. Helmbold
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Robert L. Helmbold: Combat Operations Research Group, Ft. Belvoir, Virginia

Operations Research, 1965, vol. 13, issue 5, 857-859

Abstract: The familiar Lanchester square law attrition model assumes that the attrition produced by a force is independent of enemy force size. This assumption may require modification if the larger force suffers inefficiencies of scale when force sizes are grossly unequal. A modification that alters relative force attrition capability by a factor depending on the force ratio is introduced and discussed in terms of a special case.

Date: 1965
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