Mathematical Methods in Defense Analyses (AIAA Education)

This continues to be a comprehensive text on many useful mathematical and statistical techniques with particular relevance to the modelling of Defence operations. Familiar topics include combat modelling, which is analysed in more depth than in most other books. However, this topic like others in this book, suffers from explanations which are not always to the point or as clear as they could be. This third edition has two new chapters, one on optimisation methods with examples of the application of linear programming The other new chapter presents the sort of `analysis' which has become prevalent in Defence; really more of a scenario exploration, and considers in particular theatre missile defence. Possibly the most valuable addition to this new edition is the updated `Defense Analysis Software', which anyone wishing to seriously use or teach this sort of material to advanced undergraduate or postgraduate students, will find very useful. I would recommend this new edition to all people working with models of Defence activities and as a reasonable text for courses, although the price remains a little high.

A good guide to a number of mathematical methods for defence analyses. The descriptions of Circular Error Probable and Lanchester's equation were particularly good.