Gaps, Tools, and Evaluation Methodologies for Analyzing Irregular Warfare

Abstract

Different analysis techniques of Irregular Warfare needed: *Modeling and Simulation necessary for analysis of Course of Action and Resource Allocation *Conventional Warfare models use simple physics equations to back decisions on courses of action and resource allocation -Simple equations tell us, n airplanes are needed against m tanks -They can not tell us, n civil affairs officers are needed against m priests -But we still need to back our decisions! *Irregular Warfare models should incorporate complex social phenomena like "legitimacy" and "influence" to guide our decisions -Social Science, not Physics, speaks to these subjects -Different modeling techniques are needed to represent human phenomena

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA488291

Entities

People

  • Deborah V. Duong

Organizations

  • Office of the Secretary of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Bayesian Networks
  • Civil Affairs
  • Computational Science
  • Computers
  • Game Theory
  • Machine Learning
  • Military Operations
  • Neural Networks
  • Operations Research
  • Physics
  • Simulations
  • Social Sciences
  • Test And Evaluation
  • War Games
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.