Principles for small-unit sUAS tactical deployment from a combat-simulating agent-based model analysis

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Highlights:

• A system for predicting the combat impact of sUAS-small-infantry-unit deployment.

• Definition of small infantry unit combat effectiveness metrics.

• Relationships between combat effectiveness metrics and sUAS deployment variables.

• Simple, intuitive principles for sUAS-small-unit deployment.

摘要

•A system for predicting the combat impact of sUAS-small-infantry-unit deployment.•Definition of small infantry unit combat effectiveness metrics.•Relationships between combat effectiveness metrics and sUAS deployment variables.•Simple, intuitive principles for sUAS-small-unit deployment.

论文关键词:Military decision-making processes,Unmanned system tactics,Agent-based modeling,Small unmanned aircraft systems

论文评审过程:Received 27 May 2020, Revised 21 October 2021, Accepted 24 October 2021, Available online 1 November 2021, Version of Record 16 November 2021.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2021.116156