Estimating Conventional Munitions Requirements: Toward Improved Processes

Abstract

This study examines and critiques the models and criteria used by the military services to compute their requirements estimates. The research described here reports on two tasks. The first is a survey of the present estimation processes. The second is an assessment of the importance of problems observed on the existing requirements process.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA254274

Entities

People

  • David Kassing
  • Gerald Sumner
  • Gordon Crawford
  • Kenneth Girardini

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Force
  • Ammunition
  • Artillery Ammunition
  • Attrition
  • Combat Forces
  • Department Of Defense
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Munitions
  • Navy
  • Small Arms
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.