Combat Assessment of Non-Lethal Fires: The Applicability of Complex Modeling to Measure the Effectiveness of Information Operations

Abstract

Military forces conduct information operations against one of the most complex, adaptive systems the human mind. Linear thought processes, prevalent in the military, correspond to, and understand well, the linear mathematics that measure the effects of lethal fires. They do not lend themselves well to the thinking necessary for understanding the effects of non-lethal fires on the complex adaptive system of the human mind. While each of the capabilities of information operations (IO) has individual Measures of Effectiveness (MOE), the cumulative effects they achieve, once integrated and synchronized in IO, are not simply a sum of each of the capabilities MOE. Nevertheless, these non-lethal systems, synchronized in information operations, must have predictive effects in order for commanders to employ them with confidence. Therein lies the problem; comprehensive MOE for information operations do not exist.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA402626

Entities

People

  • Jeffrey J. Goble

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Battle Damage Assessment
  • Computer Networks
  • Employment
  • Health Services
  • Information Operations
  • Intelligence Collection
  • Mathematical Models
  • Military Applications
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Operations Research
  • Psychological Operations
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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  • Systems Analysis and Design