Some Comments on Systems Analysis

Abstract

Systems analysis denotes the process of helping to sharpen the intuition and judgment of the decision makers through the more precise statement of problems, thorough identification (and often invention) of the relevant alternatives, measurement of their costs, identification of their probable benefits, explicit treatment of the uncertainties involved, and a serious attempt to estimate the effects of policy alternatives. These are commonsensical ideas, but actually doing them is often extraordinarily complex and demanding. Much progress has been made to date; but a great deal remains to be done in the future. Further progress will require ingenious thinking, and above all just plain hard work.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0658426

Entities

People

  • G. H. Fisher

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Industry
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Defense Planning
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economics
  • Force Structure
  • Judgment
  • Mobility
  • Money
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Systems Analysis

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Theoretical Analysis.