Applications of Operations Research and Management Science for Military Decision Making

✍ Scribed by William P. Fox, Robert Burks

Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2019
Tongue: English
Leaves: 498
Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science 283
Edition: 1st ed. 2019
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Based on many years of applied research, modeling and educating future decision makers, the authors have selected the critical set of mathematical modeling skills for decision analysis to include in this book. The book focuses on the model formulation and modeling building skills, as well as the technology to support decision analysis. The authors cover many of the main techniques that have been incorporated into their three-course sequence in mathematical modeling for decision making in the Department of Defense Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School.
The primary objective of this book is illustrative in nature. It begins with an introduction to mathematical modeling and a process for formally thinking about difficult problems, illustrating many scenarios and illustrative examples. The book incorporates the necessary mathematical foundations for solving these problems with military applications and related military processes to reinforce the applied nature of the mathematical modeling process.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xix
Mathematical Modeling, Management Science, and Operations Research for Military Decision-Making (William P. Fox, Robert Burks)....Pages 1-15
Statistics and Probability in Military Decision-Making (William P. Fox, Robert Burks)....Pages 17-99
Modeling by Fitting Data (William P. Fox, Robert Burks)....Pages 101-135
Mathematical Programming: Linear, Integer, and Nonlinear Optimization in Military Decision-Making (William P. Fox, Robert Burks)....Pages 137-191
Introduction to Multi-attribute Military Decision-Making (William P. Fox, Robert Burks)....Pages 193-249
Game Theory (William P. Fox, Robert Burks)....Pages 251-329
Modeling Change with Dynamical Systems Models (William P. Fox, Robert Burks)....Pages 331-393
MONTE CARLO Simulation and AGENT-BASED Modeling (ABM) in Military Decision-Making (William P. Fox, Robert Burks)....Pages 395-453
Logistics Network Modeling (William P. Fox, Robert Burks)....Pages 455-483
Back Matter ....Pages 485-487

✦ Subjects

Business and Management; Operations Research/Decision Theory; Operations Research, Management Science

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