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<p>To study the command and control system in an island air defence system under the background of systemic conflict, this paper proposes a new modelling method based on the opinion dynamics leader-follower model to simulate the target threat assessment process in the command and control activities. Through example simulation, it is obtained that in a centralised command and control system, a command post (CP)-led model can provide the most accurate threat assessment results, but it consumes a longer time. While in a distributed command and control system, a model without a leader can provide a target threat value accurately and quickly. The consistency of simulation results and actual situation indicates that, at present, under a high degree of battlefield information sharing, it is necessary to down-pass the authority of the CP to improve operational efficiency. In summary, the proposed model can comprehensively reflect the process that the island air defence system assesses the threat of an attacking target, and it gives a new idea for investigating the command and control procedure and system of the island air defence system.</p>
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To study the command and control system in an island air defence system under the background of systemic conflict, this paper proposes a new modelling method based on the opinion dynamics leader-follower model to simulate the target threat assessment process in the command and control activities. Through example simulation, it is obtained that in a centralised command and control system, a command post (CP)-led model can provide the most accurate threat assessment results, but it consumes a longer time. While in a distributed command and control system, a model without a leader can provide a target threat value accurately and quickly. The consistency of simulation results and actual situation indicates that, at present, under a high degree of battlefield information sharing, it is necessary to down-pass the authority of the CP to improve operational efficiency. In summary, the proposed model can comprehensively reflect the process that the island air defence system assesses the threat of an attacking target, and it gives a new idea for investigating the command and control procedure and system of the island air defence system.

Research on threat assessment problems of island air defence system based on the leader-follower model

Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences

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To study the command and control system in an island air defence system under the background of systemic conflict, this paper proposes a new modelling method...

Combat unit	Number of connected edges (l)	Normalized edge number (l^norm)

CP	7	1
AEW	6	0.86
ADR	6	0.86
AMV 1	6	0.86
AMV 2	6	0.86
AMV 3	5	0.71
ECV 1	6	0.86
ECV 2	6	0.86

Research on threat assessment problems of island air defence system based on the leader-follower model

Published Online: Sep 05, 2022

Page range: 921 - 930

Received: Dec 13, 2021

Accepted: Apr 28, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amns.2022.1.00018

Keywords
Air defence system, multi-agent, leader-follower model, threat assessment

© 2022 Y. Wang et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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The number of connected edges of each node in the command and control network.

Research on threat assessment problems of island air defence system based on the leader-follower model

Published Online: Sep 05, 2022

Page range: 921 - 930

Received: Dec 13, 2021

Accepted: Apr 28, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amns.2022.1.00018

KeywordsAir defence system, multi-agent, leader-follower model, threat assessment

© 2022 Y. Wang et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Fig. 1

Fig. 2

Fig. 3

Fig. 4

Fig. 5

Fig. 6

The number of connected edges of each node in the command and control network.

Keywords
Air defence system, multi-agent, leader-follower model, threat assessment