Real-Time Allocation of Mobile Resources in a Naval Defense Strategy
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Authors
Brenner, Casey
Issue Date
2024
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
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Abstract
This thesis focuses on the naval domain and presents a real-time approach for responding to threats posed by groups of enemy agents. In addition, extensions are made to an existing naval simulator to enable the development of complex naval scenarios. Naval threats are considered dynamic as they can change over the course of a scenario. Such threats impose some level of vulnerability on friendly vessels. Determining the optimal response to such threats is a computationally demanding problem, and many solutions are not viable in real-time. To address this problem, a greedy optimization strategy was developed that allocates mobile resources into a defense maneuver that minimizes a set of vulnerability attributes of high-value assets. Specifically, enemies that enter certain zones around a high-value asset increase the vulnerability of said asset, and therefore an optimal response minimizes enemy time within those zones. 7 different scenarios were designed, and the real-time greedy defense strategy was tested on each scenario in the simulator. The strategy proved successful in repelling enemies away from a high value asset across the set of varying scenarios. Moreover, the behaviors of the defenders during the response are realistic and could be applied in a real-world naval event.