| Article ID: | iaor19951715 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 42 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 491 |
| End Page Number: | 501 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1995 |
| Journal: | Naval Research Logistics |
| Authors: | Scales John Richard |
| Keywords: | Lanchester theory and models |
A new formulation of Lanchester-like attrition equation is proposed. This formulation is derived from theoretical attrition occurring at extrema and with reference to historical data. It provides a different view of the attrition process as well as insight into the meaning of the logarithmic law attrition parameter. A method of testing the formulation against more familiar equations is proposed.