Ranked outcome approach to air-to-air combat modelling

Abstract

Computer simulation models have been used for many years to assess the overall effectiveness of a military campaign. At the campaign level, engagements (such as air-to-air combat) will invariably be represented at relatively high levels of aggregation. This paper explores the potential for using a ranked outcome approach (rather than a traditional probabilistic approach) to provide an alternative representation of engagements within an air combat simulation.