Author: Edward Schaumberg QUADE (and BOUCHER (W. I.))Publisher:
ISBN: 9780444000330
Category : Military history
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
Systems Analysis and Policy Planning. Applications in Defense. Edited by E. S. Quade and W. I. Boucher. (Third Printing, with Corrections.).
Author: Edward Schaumberg QUADE (and BOUCHER (W. I.))Publisher:
ISBN: 9780444000330
Category : Military history
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
Systems Analysis and Policy Planning; Application in Defense. Edited by E.S. Quade and W.I. Boucher
Author: W. I. Boucher (Ed)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : System analysis
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
Systems Analysis and Policy Planning
Author: Edward S. QuadePublisher: New York : American Elsevier Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
An examination of the present and future usefulness of systems analysis as an approach to policy planning, particularly in matters of national security. The study considers the basic concepts of systems analysis, including the problem of selecting operationally useful objectives, measures of their attainment, and criteria; the treatment of uncertainty; the place and function of technological considerations in planning or evaluating advanced systems; the character and role of resource and cost-sensitivity analysis; and the nature and value of models in systems analysis, especially the models provided by mathematical game theory, simulation, scenario writing, political analysis, and gaming. Earlier conclusions are reexamined in the light of the successes and failures of systems analysis during the past decade. Newer methods of analysis are discussed.
Systems Analysis and Policy Planning Applications in Defence Ed. by Q. and B
Author: E. S. QuadeSystems Analysis and policy-planning
Author: E. S. QuadePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
The report examines the present and future usefulness of systems analysis as an approach to policy planning, particularly in matters of national security. The study considers the basic concepts of systems analysis, including the problem of selecting operationally useful objectives, measures of their attainment, and criteria; the treatment of uncertainty; the place and function of technological considerations in planning or evaluating advanced systems; the character and role of resource and cost-sensitivity analysis; and the nature and value of models in systems analysis, especially the models provided by mathematical game theory, simulation, scenario writing, political analysis, and gaming. Earlier conclusions are reexamined in the light of the successes and failures of systems analysis during the past decade. Newer method of analysis are discussed.
Systems analysis and policy planning: applications in defense, ed
Author: Edward S. QuadePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : System analysis
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Systems Analysis and policy planning
Author: Mathematical Methods in Defense Analyses
Author: J. S. PrzemienieckiPublisher: AIAA
ISBN: 9781600860850
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Annotation This text presents the various mathematical methods used in military operations research in one easy-to-use reference volume. The reader will find the calculations necessary to analyze all aspects of defense operations, from weapon performance to combat modeling. The text is so clearly written and organized that even newcomers to the field will find it useful. Included with the text is an updated version of Defense Analyses Software, a compendium of software subroutines that allow the reader to compute numerical values for functions or tables derived in the text. Each subroutine is provided with a detailed reference to the equation from which it was derived to ensure that its intended application is consistent with the assumptions used in the derivation. The third edition has a new chapter on theater missile defense based on the concept of layered defense with different strategies of allocating defense interceptors against short- or mid-range ballistic missiles.
Perspectives on Defense Systems Analysis
Author: William P. DelaneyPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262549727
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
A guide to defense systems analysis by experts who have worked on systems that range from air defense to space defense. The Department of Defense and the military continually grapple with complex scientific, engineering, and technological problems. Defense systems analysis offers a way to reach a clearer understanding of how to approach and think about complex problems. It guides analysts in defining the question, capturing previous work in the area, assessing the principal issues, and understanding how they are linked. The goal of defense systems analysis is not necessarily to find a particular solution but to provide a roadmap to a solution, or an understanding of the relative value of alternative solutions. In this book, experts in the field—all of them with more than twenty years of experience—offer insights, advice, and concrete examples to guide practitioners in the art of defense systems analysis. The book describes general issues in systems analysis and analysis protocols in specific defense areas. It offers a useful overview of the process, a discussion of different venues, and practical advice running a study and reporting its results. It discusses red teaming (the search for vulnerabilities that might be exploited by an adversary) and its complement, blue teaming (the search for solutions to known shortcomings). It describes real-world defense systems analysis for both traditional and nontraditional areas, including air defense and ballistic missile defense systems, bioterrorism defense, space warfare, and interplanetary communications. Perspectives on Defense Systems Analysis is a very readable resource for analysts and engineers in industry, government, and research.
Strategy for Chaos
Author: Colin GrayPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135754756
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
In this volume, Professor Colin Gray develops and applies the theory and scholarship on the allegedly historical practice of the 'Revolution in Military Affairs' (RMA), in order to improve our comprehension of how and why strategy 'works'. The author explores the RMA hypothesis both theoretically and historically. The book argues that the conduct of an RMA has to be examined as a form of strategic behaviour, which means that, of necessity, it must "work" as strategy works. The great RMA debate of the 1990s is reviewed empathetically, though sceptically, by the author, with every major school of thought allowed its day in court. The author presents three historical RMAs as case studies for his argument: those arguably revealed in the wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon; in World War I; and in the nuclear age. The focus of his analysis is how these grand RMAs functioned strategically. The conclusions that he draws from these empirical exercises are then applied to help us understand what, indeed, is - and what is not - happening with the much vaunted information-technology-led RMA of today.