FIELD EXPERIMENTATION AS AN AID TO OPERATIONS RESEARCH
Abstract
Even as science has increasingly helped to develop the tools of war, so the methodology of science has been applied to military operations. Operations research, which involves the use of simulation or mathematical models to study the efficiency of man/machine systems, was fruitfully joined with field experimentation in the tactical studies conducted by USA CDEC. Several examples are cited wherein these field experiments contributed data as input to a computer simulation model, thereby contributing to the validity and practicality of the solutions sought. At the same time, the reciprocal benefits are discussed: the use of gaming and simulation studies to help define the factors to be tested in the field, and the use of field exercises to help check the validity of the analytical solutions. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1962
- Accession Number
- AD0286045
Entities
People
- Carl C. Edmondson
- F.j. Jr. Murdoch
Organizations
- Army Research Office