Applying target assignment effectively to beyond visual range air combat

The target assignment was studying two-step adjudication's effectiveness. Firstly, the battle plane's vulnerabilities were estimated according to the air combat situations. Secondly, the first-shoot-fraction for both sides' battle planes was determined with these vulnerabilities. Thirdly, based on the first-shoot-fraction and kill probability for a single missile, each battle plane's damage probabilities were calculated in the air combat. Finally, the beyond visual range air combat model was established with constraining relationships considered. A solving method for the target assignment based on Memetic algorithm was presented. It is constructed with discrete differential evolution (DDE) algorithm for the global searching and with neighborhood algorithm for the local searching. The algorithm was compared with DDE algorithm on the convergence rate. The air combat simulation was carried out; the results and their analysis prove preliminarily that the proposed algorithm is feasible and effective.