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In this chapter, I give a brief overview of the work undertaken on the development of the Fractal Attrition Equation (FAE). This equation differs from the standard approach developed by Lanchester. Whilst that approach incorporates spatial and temporal resolution into a single force-on-force expression, this paper argues that it fails to account for a considerable aspect of combat: manoeuvre warfare. It is this aspect the description of the ‘Physics’ of combat we wish to remedy in the chapter that follows.
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Passman, M. (2015). A Fractal Concept of War. In: Fellman, P., Bar-Yam, Y., Minai, A. (eds) Conflict and Complexity. Understanding Complex Systems. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1705-1_7
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