Is the strategy of the attacker optimal and guarantees some success? (20/05/03)

First the goals of each sub-strategy, called basic maneuver, should be specified (pursuit, turn rate, and acceleration strategies):

Types of pursuit	What for?
Pure pursuit	Keep a good position
Lag pursuit	Decrease closure rate Decrease aspect angle
Lead pursuit	Increase closure rate Decrease angle off

Turn rate strategy	What for?
Bigger than enemy	Decrease angle off
Lower than enemy	Decrease aspect angle
Same as enemy	Keep a good position

Speed strategy	What for?
Decelerate	Reduce closure rate Reduce aspect angle
Accelerate	Increase closure rate Reduce angle off
Same speed	Satisfactory situation

Considering these charts and the decision trees (Implemented trees), it can be seen that the situations in which the basic maneuvers are chosen correspond to those they can improve.

To illustrate this an example is given, instead of checking all the situations and the strategy that corresponds to see if they match together.

The situation represented by the following sample is characterized by an aspect-angle problem. Now let’s analyze the basic maneuvers that have been chosen:

• “Lag Pursuit”: it is used to decrease aspect angle, so it matches with the situation.
• “Keep Turning”: because attacker’s turn rate is lower than defender’s turn rate, that means “keep your turn rate lower than the enemy’s one”. So it acts to decrease aspect angle.
• “Decelerate”: it will reduce the closure rate which is positive, so that it will make it easier to point in lag.