Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2006, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (3): 559-565.doi: 10.1016/S1004-4132(06)60097-2

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Survey of the research on dynamic weapon-target assignment problem

Cai Huaiping, Liu Jingxu, Chen Yingwu & Wang Hao
  

  1. School of Information System & Management,National Univ. of Defense Technology,Changsha 410073, P. R China
  • Online:2006-09-25 Published:2006-09-25

Abstract:

The basic concepts and models of weapon-target assignment (WTA) are introduced and the mathematical
nature of the WTA models is also analyzed. A systematic survey of research on WTA problem is provided. The
present research on WTA is focused on models and algorithms. In the research on models of WTA, the static WTA
models are mainly studied and the dynamic WTA models are not fully studied in deed. In the research on algorithms
of WTA, the intelligent algorithms are often used to solve the WTA problem. The small scale of static WTA problems has been solved very well, however, the large scale of dynamic WTA problems has not been solved effectively
so far. Finally, the characteristics of dynamic WTA are analyzed and directions for the future research on dynamic
WTA are discussed.

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