The problem of resource allocation in the information conflict: formalization and solutions
Relevance. The active use of the information sphere in the course of conflicts of various kinds actualizes the issues of the optimal allocation of available resources, which means the totality of objects of opposing side information space between involved surveillance and impact subsystems. The use of optimal strategies for this allocation will ensure the achievement of superiority or, under unfavorable circumstances, minimization of damage, even in circumstances, where the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the resources being distributed are inferior to those of the opposing side. The aim of this paper is the mathematical formalization of the task of optimal allocation of limited resources between the surveillance and impact subsystems, which adequately reflects the contribution of these subsystems to the achievement of information superiority in a conflict under the conditions of limited resources of various types. The elements of novelty of the presented solution are formalized strategies for the optimal allocation of a set of objects of the information space of the opposing side between the subsystems of surveillance and impact under conditions of information conflict. Using of the presented solution allows justifying strategies for the allocation of objects of the information space between the surveillance and impact subsystems in order to achieve decision time superiority during the control cycle, as well as carry out a priori calculation of the order of observation tools and effects to participate in the information conflict in conditions, where the operational replenishment of assets alignment is impossible. The presented solution is proposed to be implemented in the form of mathematical software for carrying out operational calculations for the benefit of the decision maker regarding targeting to observation tools and effects in the information conflict and their dynamic redirection.