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Abstract. This study investigates the use of casualty based entropy and
the entropic phase space developed by Carvalho-Rodrigues et al, to
determine its usefulness as a measure of effectiveness without further
investigation into the theoretical meaning of the method. The change
in combat entropy (ΔS) method for time-independent data of Carvalho-Rodrigues
et al was tested using historical analysis. We then extended
the ΔS method and showed its utility for time-dependent data,
where Carvalho-Rodrigues et al applied an entropic phase space (EPS).
While the entropic phase space was determined to be a
poor outcome predictor we found that the ΔS between two
forces is a good predictor of attrition based warfare outcomes
with a successful force usually one that can maintain lower
entropy for a greater time period.
Related topics:
operations research, training and analysis
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