New Methods for Strategic Analysis: Automating the Wargame,

Abstract

This article presents a conceptual overview of a new approach to political-military wargaming which was sought by the Defense Department to improve upon the conventional methods of analyzing strategic forces. Developed at The Rand Corporation during a nine-month demonstration phase, the approach automates all features of political-military gaming from the force calculations to the decision-making participants in the traditional wargame. Machine-controlled players were developed so that the reasons for their actions could be made explicit and reproducible and thereby subjected to debate and systematic analysis. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA122939

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  • Carl H. Builder
  • Morlie H. Graubard

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  • RAND Corporation

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