Military Operations Research Quantitative Decision Making

Military Operations Research Quantitative Decision Making / by N.K. Jaiswal.

Operations Research (OR) emerged in an effort to improve the effectiveness of newly inducted weapons and equipment during World War II. While rapid growth ofOR led to its becoming an important aid to decision making in all sectors including defense, its contribution in defense remained largely confi...

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Main Author: Jaiswal, N.K (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1997.
Edition:1st ed. 1997.
Series:International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 5
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Subjects:
Operations research.
Decision making.
Mathematical models.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Operations Research in Defense
  • 1.1 The Need for Operations Research in Defense
  • 1.2 The Birth of OR
  • 1.3 Military OR
  • 1.4 Methodology of OR Analysis
  • 1.5 Success of a Military OR Study
  • 2 Search, Detection and Damage Assessment
  • 2.1 Target Acquisition, Engagement and Damage Assessment
  • 2.2 Detection Theory
  • 2.3 Search Models
  • 2.4 Hit Probability
  • 2.5 Damage Assessment
  • 2.6 Salvo and Pattern Firing
  • 2.7 Single Vs. Multiple Aiming Point
  • 2.9 Shooting Tactics Based on Damage Information
  • 3 Simulation of Military Systems
  • 3.1 System, Model and Simulation
  • 3.2 Monte Carlo Sampling Procedure
  • 3.3 Continuous System Simulation
  • 3.4 Discrete System Simulation
  • 3.5 Weapon System Simulation Vs. Combat Simulation
  • 3.6 Simulation Packages
  • 4 War Games
  • 4.1 Combat Simulations, War Games and Theory of Games
  • 4.2 History of War Games
  • 4.3 Classification of War Games
  • 4.4 Development of War Games
  • 4.5 Land War Games
  • 4.6 Naval War Games
  • 4.7 Air War Games
  • 4.8 Other War Games
  • 5 Cost Effectiveness Analysis
  • 5.1 Effectiveness and System Cost
  • 5.2 Cost Effectiveness Using Fixed Effectiveness Approach
  • 5.3 Cost Effectiveness Using Figure of Merit
  • 5.4 Fallacies of Cost Effectiveness Analysis
  • 5.5 Cost and Operational Effectiveness Analysis (COEA)
  • 6 Optimization Problems
  • 6.1 Resource Allocation Problems
  • 6.2 Linear Programming
  • 6.3 The Transportation Problem
  • 6.4 The Assignment Problem
  • 6.5 Integer Programming
  • 6.6 Multiobjective Programming
  • 6.7 Dynamic Programming
  • 6.8 Nonlinear Programming
  • 6.9 Applications of Optimization Techniques in Gulf War
  • 7 Heuristic Optimization
  • 7.1 Heuristic Optimization Algorithms
  • 7.2 Weapon Target Allocation Problem in Multiple Layer Defense
  • 7.3 Simulated Annealing
  • 7.4 Genetic Algorithm
  • 7.5 Artificial Neural Networks
  • 7.6 Salient Features of the Three Heuristic Optimization Techniques
  • 8 The Analytic Hierarchy Process
  • 8.1 Multicriteria Decision Making
  • 8.2 Delphi Method
  • 8.3 Decision Matrix Approach
  • 8.4 Forced Decision Matrix Approach
  • 8.5 Analytic Hierarchy Process
  • 8.6 Problems and Modifications of AHP
  • 9 Homogeneous Combat Models
  • 9.1 Lanchester Equations of Warfare
  • 9.2 Other Attrition Laws
  • 9.3 Combat Termination Rules
  • 9.4 Measure of Combat Success
  • 9.5 Combat Modeling with Spatial Effects
  • 9.6 Stochastic Duels
  • 9.7 Stochastic Combat Models
  • 9.8 Combat Models with Nonlinear Effects
  • 9.9 Air and Naval Combat Models
  • 10 Heterogeneous Combat Models
  • 10.1 The (m,n) model
  • 10.2 Aggregation
  • 10.3 Scaling Methods
  • 10.4 An Alternative Approach to Aggregation
  • 10.5 Variable Resolution Models
  • 10.6 Optimization Models
  • 11 Threat Assessment: Static and Dynamic Analyses
  • 11.1 Threat Assessment
  • 11.2 Static Analysis
  • 11.3 Dynamic Analysis
  • 12 Analysis of Strategic Stability Issues
  • 12.1 Concept of Stability
  • 12.2 Measure of Military Stability
  • 12.3 Linear Defense Models of Stability
  • 12.4 Stable Regional Force Ratio Model
  • 12.5 Methods for Enhancing Stability in the Region
  • Author Index.

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