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Methodological Apparatus for Assessing the Survivability of Distributed Organizational Automated Troop Command and Control Systems in Operations

V.F. Zaluzhnyi

Èlektron. model. 2026, 48(3):18-30

ABSTRACT

The existing methodological framework for assessing the survivability of a distributed organizational automated system for troop command and control is analyzed, which identifies its shortcomings, and proposes possible approaches to improving the methodology of its development.

It is well known that one of the priority tasks for enhancing the capabilities of the Armed Forces (AF) of Ukraine in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war is the digitalization of the AF command and control system as the foundation of the state’s defense force management system, aimed at improving the speed of decision-making by military command bodies and the soundness of those decisions during operations. However, the state of the AFU command and control system, in terms of modern information technologies implementation, still does not fully meet the requirements placed upon it. This state of digitization of Ukraine’s Armed Forces command and control system is caused by the imperfection of the existing methodological framework for evaluating the properties of automated troop command and control systems, particularly their survivability, which does not provide for adherence to unified approaches.

In view of the above, possible conceptual approaches to developing such a methodological framework are proposed along two main lines. The first direction involves the development (improvement) of analytical models for assessing partial survivability indicators of automated troop command and control systems (ATC) using specific methods, with the mandatory formation of an integral (overall) survivability indicator for the system as a whole. The second direction involves determining the survivability indicator of an automated troop command and control system based on simulation modeling of bilateral armed combat between opposing sides in an operation. The positive and negative aspects of the approaches are examined, and structural-logical diagrams of their possible implementation are presented.

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KEYWORDS

automated troop command and control system, analytical model, simulation model, system survivability, distributed organizational system.

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Received 25.03.2026