MILITARY PLANNING GAME.

Abstract

The complex interrelationships among offensive, defensive, strategic, tactical, etc. weapon systems and the high cost of research and development, initial procurement, maintenance and operation of today'w and the future's weapon complexes have forced decisionmakers to utilize the sytem analysis or cost-effectiveness approach. One educational device that is used to illustrate the principles of and the need for 'Cost-Effectiveness' and 'System Analysis' is a simulated military planning game. This paper develops several game from analytical models that can be solved by linear programming techniques. The objective is to use an analytical tool to illustrate and emphasize the impact and significance of the principles of systems analysis on military decisionmaking. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0475372

Entities

People

  • Roy E. Hopgood

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programming
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Costs
  • Linear Programming
  • Maintenance
  • Military Planning
  • Procurement
  • Systems Analysis
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Game Theory.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design