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19. ABSTRACT (Continue on reverse I necessary and Identify by block number) j This thesis describes the development and validation of a naval battle model which incorporates a tactical theoly by Captain Wayne P. Hughes, Jr. Opposing forces are portrayed as aggregations of the staying power and combat power of their individual platforms. Attrition is modeled as a force-on-force process and is expressed in terms of the degrad tion of each force's combat power and staying power throughout the engagement. User variation of model inputs coner in