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Operations research

differential equation models of combat attrition in which, under aimed fire, a force's strength grows with the square of its numbers.

In operations research, Lanchester's laws refers to differential equation models of combat attrition in which, under aimed fire, a force's strength grows with the square of its numbers. This meaning comes from Engel (1954) in Journal of the Operations Research Society of America.[1]

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References

Engel, J. H. (1954). A Verification of Lanchester's Law. Journal of the Operations Research Society of America, 2(2), 163-171. https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.2.2.163

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