Applications of Operations Research and Management Science for Military Decision Making
Authors: Fox, William P., Burks, Robert
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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. - About the authors
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William P. Fox is currently a professor in the department of mathematics at the College of William and Mary and is also Professor Emeritus in the Department of Defense Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. He earned his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering/Operations Research at Clemson University, and his M.S. in Operations Research and Systems Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School. He is responsible for coordination of a three-course sequence in Mathematical Modeling for Decision Making. His research interests include mathematical education; STEM education; quantitative decision theory; multi-attribute decision making and sensitivity analysis; and applications of game theory. He is the author of many textbooks and journal articles.
Robert Burks is an Associate Professor and Director, Wargaming Activity Hub in the Department of Defense Analysis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA. He earned his Ph.D. in Operations Research at the Air Force Institute of Technology and his M.S. in Operations Research at the Florida Institute of Technology. He currently teaches courses in Modeling for Military Decision Making, Irregular Warfare Modeling, and Wargaming. His research interests include Agent-Based Modeling, Information Operations modeling, Wargaming, and Combat Modeling.
- Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Mathematical Modeling, Management Science, and Operations Research for Military Decision-Making
Pages 1-15
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Statistics and Probability in Military Decision-Making
Pages 17-99
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Modeling by Fitting Data
Pages 101-135
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Mathematical Programming: Linear, Integer, and Nonlinear Optimization in Military Decision-Making
Pages 137-191
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Introduction to Multi-attribute Military Decision-Making
Pages 193-249
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Applications of Operations Research and Management Science for Military Decision Making
- Authors
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- William P. Fox
- Robert Burks
- Series Title
- International Series in Operations Research & Management Science
- Series Volume
- 283
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-20569-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-20569-0
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-20568-3
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-20571-3
- Series ISSN
- 0884-8289
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIX, 487
- Number of Illustrations
- 138 b/w illustrations, 149 illustrations in colour
- Topics
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