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Author:   N.K. Jaiswal
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1997 ed.
Volume:   5
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.640kg
ISBN:  

9780792398585

ISBN 10:   0792398580
Pages:   388
Publication Date:   28 February 1997
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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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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