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Statistics, Testing, and Defense Acquisition

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309184088
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Statistics, Testing, and Defense Acquisition by : National Research Council

Download or read book Statistics, Testing, and Defense Acquisition written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-08-17 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Panel on Statistical Methods for Testing and Evaluating Defense Systems had a broad mandate-to examine the use of statistics in conjunction with defense testing. This involved examining methods for software testing, reliability test planning and estimation, validation of modeling and simulation, and use of modem techniques for experimental design. Given the breadth of these areas, including the great variety of applications and special issues that arise, making a contribution in each of these areas required that the Panel's work and recommendations be at a relatively general level. However, a variety of more specific research issues were either brought to the Panel's attention by members of the test and acquisition community, e.g., what was referred to as Dubin's challenge (addressed in the Panel's interim report), or were identified by members of the panel. In many of these cases the panel thought that a more in-depth analysis or a more detailed application of suggestions or recommendations made by the Panel would either be useful as input to its deliberations or could be used to help communicate more individual views of members of the Panel to the defense test community. This resulted in several research efforts. Given various criteria, especially immediate relevance to the test and acquisition community, the Panel has decided to make available three technical or background papers, each authored by a Panel member jointly with a colleague. These papers are individual contributions and are not a consensus product of the Panel; however, the Panel has drawn from these papers in preparation of its final report: Statistics, Testing, and Defense Acquisition. The Panel has found each of these papers to be extremely useful and they are strongly recommended to readers of the Panel's final report.

Testing of Defense Systems in an Evolutionary Acquisition Environment

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030918097X
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Testing of Defense Systems in an Evolutionary Acquisition Environment written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2006-04-13 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Department of Defense (DoD) recently adopted evolutionary acquisition, a dynamic strategy for the development and acquisition of its defense systems. Evolutionary defense systems are planned, in advance, to be developed through several stages in a single procurement program. Each stage is planned to produce a viable system which could be fielded. The system requirements for each stage of development may be specified in advance of a given stage or may be decided at the outset of that stage's development. Due to the different stages that comprise an evolutionary system, there exists a need for careful reexamination of current testing and evaluation policies and processes, which were designed for single-stage developments. The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (USD-AT&L) and the Director of Operational Testing and Evaluation (DOT&E) asked the Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) of the National Academies to examine the key issues and implications for defense testing from the introduction of evolutionary acquisition. The CNSTAT was charged with planning and conducting a workshop to study test strategies for the evolutionary acquisition. The committee reviewed defense materials defining evolutionary acquisition and interviewed test officials from the three major test service agencies to understand the current approaches used in testing systems procured through evolutionary acquisition. The committee also examined possible alternatives to identify problems in implementation. At the workshop that took place on December 13-14, 2004, the committee tried to answer many questions including: What are the appropriate roles and objectives for testing in an evolutionary environment?, Can a systematic, disciplined process be developed for testing and evaluation in such a fluid and flexible environment?, and Is there adequate technical expertise within the acquisition community to fully exploit data gathered from previous stages to effectively combine information from various sources for test design and analysis?. Testing of Defense Systems in an Evolutionary Acquisition Environment provides the conclusions and recommendations of the CNSTAT following the workshop and its other investigations.

Industrial Methods for the Effective Development and Testing of Defense Systems

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309222702
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (92 download)

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Book Synopsis Industrial Methods for the Effective Development and Testing of Defense Systems by : National Research Council

Download or read book Industrial Methods for the Effective Development and Testing of Defense Systems written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2012-02-27 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the past decade and a half, the National Research Council, through its Committee on National Statistics, has carried out a number of studies on the application of statistical methods to improve the testing and development of defense systems. These studies were intended to provide advice to the Department of Defense (DOD), which sponsored these studies. The previous studies have been concerned with the role of statistical methods in testing and evaluation, reliability practices, software methods, combining information, and evolutionary acquisition. Industrial Methods for the Effective Testing and Development of Defense Systems is the latest in a series of studies, and unlike earlier studies, this report identifies current engineering practices that have proved successful in industrial applications for system development and testing. This report explores how developmental and operational testing, modeling and simulation, and related techniques can improve the development and performance of defense systems, particularly techniques that have been shown to be effective in industrial applications and are likely to be useful in defense system development. In addition to the broad issues, the report identifies three specific topics for its focus: finding failure modes earlier, technology maturity, and use of all relevant information for operational assessments.

Reliability Issues for DOD Systems

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030908606X
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Reliability Issues for DOD Systems written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-12-26 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The final report of the National Research Council's (NRC) Panel on Statistical Methods for Testing and Evaluating Defense Systems (National Research Council, 1998) was intended to provide broad advice to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) on current statistical methods and principles that could be applied to the developmental and operational testing and evaluation of defense systems. To that end, the report contained chapters on the use of testing as a tool of system development; current methods of experimental design; evaluation methods; methods for testing and assessing reliability, availability, and maintainability; software development and testing; and validation of modeling and simulation for use in operational test and evaluation. While the examination of such a wide variety of topics was useful in helping DoD understand the breadth of problems for which statistical methods could be applied and providing direction as to how the methods currently used could be improved, there was, quite naturally, a lack of detail in each area. To address the need for further detail, two DoD agencies-the Office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics-asked the NRC's Committee on National Statistics to initiate a series of workshops on statistical issues relevant to defense acquisition. The aim of each workshop is to inform DoD about the methods that represent the statistical state of the art and, through interactions of the statistical and defense communities, explore their relevance for DoD application.

Testing of Defense Systems in an Evolutionary Acquisition Environment

Author : Oversight Committee for the Workshop on Testing for Dynamic Acquisition of Defense Systems
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780309382168
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book Testing of Defense Systems in an Evolutionary Acquisition Environment written by Oversight Committee for the Workshop on Testing for Dynamic Acquisition of Defense Systems and published by . This book was released on 2006-04-13 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Department of Defense (DoD) recently adopted evolutionary acquisition, a dynamic strategy for the development and acquisition of its defense systems. Evolutionary defense systems are planned, in advance, to be developed through several stages in a single procurement program. Each stage is planned to produce a viable system which could be fielded. The system requirements for each stage of development may be specified in advance of a given stage or may be decided at the outset of that stage's development. Due to the different stages that comprise an evolutionary system, there exists a need for careful reexamination of current testing and evaluation policies and processes, which were designed for single-stage developments. The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (USD-AT&L) and the Director of Operational Testing and Evaluation (DOT&E) asked the Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) of the National Academies to examine the key issues and implications for defense testing from the introduction of evolutionary acquisition. The CNSTAT was charged with planning and conducting a workshop to study test strategies for the evolutionary acquisition. The committee reviewed defense materials defining evolutionary acquisition and interviewed test officials from the three major test service agencies to understand the current approaches used in testing systems procured through evolutionary acquisition. The committee also examined possible alternatives to identify problems in implementation. At the workshop that took place on December 13-14, 2004, the committee tried to answer many questions including: What are the appropriate roles and objectives for testing in an evolutionary environment?, Can a systematic, disciplined process be developed for testing and evaluation in such a fluid and flexible environment?, and Is there adequate technical expertise within the acquisition community to fully exploit data gathered from previous stages to effectively combine information from various sources for test design and analysis?. Testing of Defense Systems in an Evolutionary Acquisition Environment provides the conclusions and recommendations of the CNSTAT following the workshop and its other investigations.

Report on the Test Science Roadmap

Author : Test Science Test Science Roadmap Committee
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781505203004
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Report on the Test Science Roadmap written by Test Science Test Science Roadmap Committee and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Statistical test and analysis methodologies provide many benefits to the DoD Test and Evaluation (T&E) community. These benefits include: Design of Experiments (DOE) that elicit the maximum information from constrained resources. Avenues for maximizing information learned from testing and integrating information across multiple tests. Defensible rationales for test adequacy and quantification of risk as a function of test size. Despite these benefits, statistical test and analysis methods have not been universally or consistently applied within the DoD T&E community. The 1998 National Research Study "Statistics in Defense, Acquisition and Testing" concluded that, "major advances can be realized by applying selected industrial principles and practices in restructuring the paradigm for operational testing..." and that ..".the current practice of statistics in defense testing design and evaluation does not take full advantage of the benefits available from the use of state-of-the-art statistical methodology." Dr. J. Michael Gilmore, Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, agreed that there was much to be gained by applying state-of-the-art statistical tools to test and evaluation and has pushed to increase the rigor of operational test and evaluation. The Test Science Roadmap effort chronicled in this report officially began in January 2011 with the development of the Roadmap Committee Charter. The overarching goal of the Test Science Roadmap was to increase the scientific and statistical rigor of test and evaluation. This document summarizes the accomplishments of the past two years.

Reliability Growth

Author : Panel on Reliability Growth Methods for Defense Systems
Publisher : National Academy Press
ISBN 13 : 9780309314749
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Reliability Growth written by Panel on Reliability Growth Methods for Defense Systems and published by National Academy Press. This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A high percentage of defense systems fail to meet their reliability requirements. This is a serious problem for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), as well as the nation. Those systems are not only less likely to successfully carry out their intended missions, but they also could endanger the lives of the operators. Furthermore, reliability failures discovered after deployment can result in costly and strategic delays and the need for expensive redesign, which often limits the tactical situations in which the system can be used. Finally, systems that fail to meet their reliability requirements are much more likely to need additional scheduled and unscheduled maintenance and to need more spare parts and possibly replacement systems, all of which can substantially increase the life-cycle costs of a system. Beginning in 2008, DOD undertook a concerted effort to raise the priority of reliability through greater use of design for reliability techniques, reliability growth testing, and formal reliability growth modeling, by both the contractors and DOD units. To this end, handbooks, guidances, and formal memoranda were revised or newly issued to reduce the frequency of reliability deficiencies for defense systems in operational testing and the effects of those deficiencies. "Reliability Growth" evaluates these recent changes and, more generally, assesses how current DOD principles and practices could be modified to increase the likelihood that defense systems will satisfy their reliability requirements. This report examines changes to the reliability requirements for proposed systems; defines modern design and testing for reliability; discusses the contractor's role in reliability testing; and summarizes the current state of formal reliability growth modeling. The recommendations of "Reliability Growth" will improve the reliability of defense systems and protect the health of the valuable personnel who operate them.

Defense Acquisitions

Author : Gene L. Dodaro
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1437914691
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (379 download)

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Download or read book Defense Acquisitions written by Gene L. Dodaro and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report examines how well DoD is planning and executing its weapon acquisition programs. The report includes: (1) an analysis of the overall performance of DoD's 2008 portfolio of 96 major defense acquisition programs and a comparison to the portfolio performance at two other points in time -- 5 years ago and 1 year ago; (2) an analysis of current cost and schedule outcomes and knowledge attained by key junctures in the acquisition process for a subset of 47 weapon programs -- primarily in development -- from the 2008 portfolio; (3) data on other factors that could impact program stability; and (4) an update on changes in DoD's acquisition policies. Includes a one- or two-page assessment of 67 weapon programs. Illustrations.

Empowering the Defense Acquisition Workforce to Improve Mission Outcomes Using Data Science

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780309684934
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (849 download)

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Download or read book Empowering the Defense Acquisition Workforce to Improve Mission Outcomes Using Data Science written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by . This book was released on 2022-02-19 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The effective use of data science - the science and technology of extracting value from data - improves, enhances, and strengthens acquisition decision-making and outcomes. Using data science to support decision making is not new to the defense acquisition community; its use by the acquisition workforce has enabled acquisition and thus defense successes for decades. Still, more consistent and expanded application of data science will continue improving acquisition outcomes, and doing so requires coordinated efforts across the defense acquisition system and its related communities and stakeholders. Central to that effort is the development, growth, and sustainment of data science capabilities across the acquisition workforce. At the request of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, Empowering the Defense Acquisition Workforce to Improve Mission Outcomes Using Data Science assesses how data science can improve acquisition processes and develops a framework for training and educating the defense acquisition workforce to better exploit the application of data science. This report identifies opportunities where data science can improve acquisition processes, the relevant data science skills and capabilities necessary for the acquisition workforce, and relevant models of data science training and education.

Measuring the Statutory and Regulatory Constraints on Department of Defense Acquisition

Author : Jeffrey A. Drezner
Publisher : Rand Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0833041762
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Measuring the Statutory and Regulatory Constraints on Department of Defense Acquisition written by Jeffrey A. Drezner and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2007 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managers of weapon system acquisition programs and their staffs have often voiced concerns about the burden of complying with federal statutes or regulations requiring certain business and oversight processes. The essence of the concerns is that program offices spend an inordinate amount of time complying with statutes and regulations that add little value, and that the regulatory burden translates into cost increases, schedule delays, and adverse effects on system performance. While many other studies have addressed this topic, few have succeeded in generating the empirical evidence needed to inform the policy debate. To fill this gap, NDRI developed a Web-based data collection tool to capture the program staff's estimates of hours spent on compliance efforts. A total of 316 individuals in seven DoD program offices were recruited to use the web tool to estimate biweekly the time they spent on regulatory compliance-related activities over the course of a year. While statutes and regulations do place constraints on program execution, the study found that program office staffs do not appear to spend a significant amount of their time complying with those statutes and regulations. Further, there is little evidence that program office compliance activities have adverse consequences for program outcomes.

Test and evaluation impact of DOD's Office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation : report to the Honorable William V. Roth and the Honorable Charles E. Grassley, U.S. Senate

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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428979298
Total Pages : 48 pages
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Test & Evaluation Management Guide: August 2016

Author : Department Of Defense
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781798930410
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Test & Evaluation Management Guide: August 2016 written by Department Of Defense and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-03-06 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This PRINT REPLICA contains the 6th edition of the Test & Evaluation Management Guide (TEMG). The Test & Evaluation Management Guide is intended primarily for use in courses at DAU and secondarily as a generic desk reference for program and project management, and Test & Evaluation (T&E) personnel. It is written for current and potential acquisition management personnel and assumes some familiarity with basic terms, definitions, and processes as employed by the DoD acquisition process. The Test & Evaluation Management Guide is designed to assist Government and industry personnel in executing their management responsibilities relative to the T&E support of defense systems and facilitate learning during Defense Acquisition University coursework. The objective of a well-managed T&E program is to provide timely and accurate information to decision makers and program managers (PMs). The Test & Evaluation Management Guide was developed to assist the acquisition community in obtaining a better understanding of who the decision makers are and determining how and when to plan T&E events so that they are efficient and effective. Why buy a book you can download for free? We print this book so you don't have to. First you gotta find a good clean (legible) copy and make sure it's the latest version (not always easy). Some documents found on the web are missing some pages or the image quality is so poor, they are difficult to read. We look over each document carefully and replace poor quality images by going back to the original source document. We proof each document to make sure it's all there - including all changes. If you find a good copy, you could print it using a network printer you share with 100 other people (typically its either out of paper or toner). If it's just a 10-page document, no problem, but if it's 250-pages, you will need to punch 3 holes in all those pages and put it in a 3-ring binder. Takes at least an hour. It's much more cost-effective to just order the latest version from Amazon.com This book includes original commentary which is copyright material. Note that government documents are in the public domain. We print these large documents as a service so you don't have to. The books are compact, tightly-bound, full-size (8 1/2 by 11 inches), with large text and glossy covers. 4th Watch Publishing Co. is a HUBZONE SDVOSB. https: //usgovpub.com

Innovations in Software Engineering for Defense Systems

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309089832
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Innovations in Software Engineering for Defense Systems written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2003-10-22 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent rough estimates are that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) spends at least $38 billion a year on the research, development, testing, and evaluation of new defense systems; approximately 40 percent of that cost-at least $16 billion-is spent on software development and testing. There is widespread understanding within DoD that the effectiveness of software-intensive defense systems is often hampered by low-quality software as well as increased costs and late delivery of software components. Given the costs involved, even relatively incremental improvements to the software development process for defense systems could represent a large savings in funds. And given the importance of producing defense software that will carry out its intended function, relatively small improvements to the quality of defense software systems would be extremely important to identify. DoD software engineers and test and evaluation officials may not be fully aware of a range of available techniques, because of both the recent development of these techniques and their origination from an orientation somewhat removed from software engineering, i.e., from a statistical perspective. The panel's charge therefore was to convene a workshop to identify statistical software engineering techniques that could have applicability to DoD systems in development.

Test and Evaluation Management Guide

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Test and Evaluation Management Guide written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Analytic Methods in Systems and Software Testing

Author : Ron S. Kenett
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119487404
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (194 download)

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Download or read book Analytic Methods in Systems and Software Testing written by Ron S. Kenett and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-07-06 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive treatment of systems and software testing using state of the art methods and tools This book provides valuable insights into state of the art software testing methods and explains, with examples, the statistical and analytic methods used in this field. Numerous examples are used to provide understanding in applying these methods to real-world problems. Leading authorities in applied statistics, computer science, and software engineering present state-of-the-art methods addressing challenges faced by practitioners and researchers involved in system and software testing. Methods include: machine learning, Bayesian methods, graphical models, experimental design, generalized regression, and reliability modeling. Analytic Methods in Systems and Software Testing presents its comprehensive collection of methods in four parts: Part I: Testing Concepts and Methods; Part II: Statistical Models; Part III: Testing Infrastructures; and Part IV: Testing Applications. It seeks to maintain a focus on analytic methods, while at the same time offering a contextual landscape of modern engineering, in order to introduce related statistical and probabilistic models used in this domain. This makes the book an incredibly useful tool, offering interesting insights on challenges in the field for researchers and practitioners alike. Compiles cutting-edge methods and examples of analytical approaches to systems and software testing from leading authorities in applied statistics, computer science, and software engineering Combines methods and examples focused on the analytic aspects of systems and software testing Covers logistic regression, machine learning, Bayesian methods, graphical models, experimental design, generalized regression, and reliability models Written by leading researchers and practitioners in the field, from diverse backgrounds including research, business, government, and consulting Stimulates research at the theoretical and practical level Analytic Methods in Systems and Software Testing is an excellent advanced reference directed toward industrial and academic readers whose work in systems and software development approaches or surpasses existing frontiers of testing and validation procedures. It will also be valuable to post-graduate students in computer science and mathematics.

Weapons Acquisition Reform

Author : U.s. Government Accountability Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781974558568
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (585 download)

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Download or read book Weapons Acquisition Reform written by U.s. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the past 2 years, the Department of Defense (DOD) has been implementing the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act (Reform Act) requirements for systems engineering and developmental testing. These activities are important to DOD's ability to control acquisition costs, which increased by $135 billion over the past 2 years for 98 major defense acquisition programs.GAO was asked to determine (1) DOD's progress in implementing the Reform Act's requirements and (2) whether there are challenges at the military service level that could affect their systems engineering and developmental testing activities. To do this, GAO analyzed implementation status documents, discussed developmental testing office concerns with current and former DOD officials, and analyzed military service workforce growth plans and test range funding data. "

Operations Research for Military Organizations

Author : Tozan, Hakan
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522555145
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (225 download)

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Download or read book Operations Research for Military Organizations written by Tozan, Hakan and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2018-07-27 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of operations research arose during World War II to enhance the effectiveness of weapons and equipment used on the battlefield. Since then, operations research techniques have also been used to solve several sophisticated and complex defense-related problems. Operations Research for Military Organizations is a critical scholarly resource that examines the issues that have an impact on aspects of contemporary quantitative applications of operations research methods in the military. It also addresses innovative applications, techniques, and methodologies to assist in solving defense and military-related problems. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as combat planning, tactical decision aids, and weapon system simulations, this book is geared towards defense contractors, military consultants, military personnel, policy makers, and government departments seeking current research on defense methodologies.