Smart Experimental Designs Provide Military Decision-Makers with New Insights from Agent-Based Simulations

Abstract

The 6th International Project Albert Workshop, described elsewhere in this newsletter, is part of an ongoing effort that seeks to exploit the advances in computing power and new technologies in order to "provide quantitative answers...to important questions facing military decision-makers" (Brandstein, 1999). In particular, in his former position as Chief Scientist of the U.S. Marine Corps, Dr. Brandstein was frustrated with legacy models because he felt they were unable to support analysis needs in the rapidly evolving global environment. Areas of particular concern were, and continue to be, our inabilities to adequately deal with the chaos inherent in military engagements, the human dimensions of warfare (e.g., leadership, courage, trust unit cohesiveness, and adversaries who adapt their behavior based on perceptions of our strategies and tactics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA495143

Entities

People

  • Susan M. Sanchez
  • Thomas W. Lucas

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agent-Based Simulations
  • Aircrafts
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Simulations
  • Data Science
  • Engineering
  • Experimental Design
  • Factorial Design
  • Information Science
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • Operations Research
  • Simulations
  • Space Systems
  • Statistics
  • Systems Engineering
  • Warfare

Readers

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