Stochastic games and inverse Lyapunov methods in air operations

A mathematical representation of the air operations command and control problem is developed. The size of the problem implies a need for reduction to sub-problems. Two of these sub-problems are discussed here. First, the development of an approach to the generation of approximate optimal aircraft routing through a hostile region is given. Once this is established, a stochastic game is solved to determine the time-ordering of aircraft engagements with surface-to-air missile batteries, for the ultimate purpose of engaging a strategic target