Network Optimization Models for Resource Allocation in Developing Military Countermeasures

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Golany, Boaz; Kress, Moshe; Penn, Michal; Rothblum, Uriel G.
• 署名单位: Technion Israel Institute of Technology; United States Department of Defense; United States Navy; Naval Postgraduate School
• 刊物名称: OPERATIONS RESEARCH
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0030-364X
• DOI: 10.1287/opre.1110.1002
• 发表日期: 2012
• 页码: 48-63
• 关键词: shortest-path problem; expenditure patterns; projects

摘要

A military arms race is characterized by an iterative development of measures and countermeasures. An attacker attempts to introduce new weapons in order to gain some advantage, whereas a defender attempts to develop countermeasures that can mitigate or even eliminate the effects of the weapons. This paper addresses the defender's decision problem: given limited resources, which countermeasures should be developed and how much should be invested in their development to minimize the damage caused by the attacker's weapons over a certain time horizon. We formulate several optimization models, corresponding to different operational settings, as constrained shortest-path problems and variants thereof. We then demonstrate the potential applicability and robustness of this approach with respect to various scenarios.