Analysis Data Inputs and Sensitivity Tests in War Games,

Abstract

The author discusses war gaming as an analytical tool for examining the effectiveness of various alternate courses of action or of military equipment and the role analysis has in the game. Wars and war games require sets of rules; The opposing sides attempt to select courses of actions which are favorable to each within these rules. Paradoxically, the great leaders find ways to break the rules as well as use them well; in war, decisions are changed which may not be tested when the rules are rigidly followed in a computer simulation. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0722858

Entities

People

  • John L. Overholt

Organizations

  • Center for Naval Analyses

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computational Science
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Computing-Related Activities
  • Military Equipment
  • Sensitivity
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Synthetic Environment Simulations
  • War Games

Readers

  • Game Theory.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Systems Analysis and Design