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Analysis of a combat problem: The turret game

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The turret game is defined and solved to illustrate the nature of games of combat. This game represents a highly simplified version of air combat, yet it is sufficiently complex so as to exhibit a rich variety of combat phenomena. A review of the formulation of δ-combat games is included in this paper.

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  1. A. Ardema (Research Scientist)

    Present address: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California

  2. N. Rajan (Research Associate)

    Present address: Sterling Software, Inc., Palo Alto, California

Authors and Affiliations

  1. NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California

    A. Ardema (Research Scientist) & M. Heymann (Senior NRC Research Associate)

  2. Aeronautics and Astronautics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California

    N. Rajan (Research Associate)

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Communicated by J. V. Breakwell

on sabbatical leave from Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.

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Ardema, A., Heymann, M. & Rajan, N. Analysis of a combat problem: The turret game. J Optim Theory Appl 54, 23–42 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00940403

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