THE CHOICE OF ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES IN COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS

Abstract

The model is shown to provide a means for determining the measure of effectiveness as a function of the controllable variables in terms of the relevant uncontrollable variables. The various classes of models are characterized as operational exercises, gaming, simulation and analytical, in increasing order of abstraction. These are applicable to different classes of problems: the exercise for last-stage testing of systems, gaming where human decision plays an important role, simulation for complex problems which are internally describable in complete detail, and analytical models to make use of the power of mathematics, especially where an optimum is sought.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0625947

Entities

People

  • Alfred Blumstein

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Traffic
  • Air Traffic Control Systems
  • Aircrafts
  • Calculus
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Computer Programming
  • Control Systems
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Defense Systems
  • Linear Programming
  • Mathematics
  • Measures Of Effectiveness
  • Military Operations
  • Operations Research
  • Simulations
  • Systems Engineering
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Regression Analysis.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.