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Modeling, simulation, and operations analysis in Afghanistan and Iraq : operational vignettes, lessons learned, and a survey of selected efforts / Ben Connable [and 4 others].

Title
  1. Modeling, simulation, and operations analysis in Afghanistan and Iraq : operational vignettes, lessons learned, and a survey of selected efforts / Ben Connable [and 4 others].
Published by
  1. Santa Monica : Rand Corporation, [2014]
Author
  1. Connable, Ben

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Additional authors
  1. Perry, Walt L.
  2. Doll, Abby
  3. Lander, Natasha
  4. Madden, Dan
  5. National Defense Research Institute (U.S.), issuing body.
  6. Rand Corporation, issuing body.
  7. International Security and Defense Policy Center researcher.
Description
  1. xxi, 167 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps; 26 cm
Summary
  1. RAND conducted a lessons learned examination of operations analysis, modeling, and simulation in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. This report identifies ways in which analysts have attempted to support commanders' decisions in counterinsurgency and irregular warfare, describes many of the models and tools they employed, provides insight into the challenges they faced, and suggests ways in which the application of modeling, simulation, and analysis might be improved for current and future operations. RAND identified four broad categories of decisions: force protection, logistics, campaign assessment, and force structuring. Modeling, simulation, and analysis were most effective in supporting force protection and logistics decisions, and least effective in supporting campaign assessment and force structuring.
Subject
  1. Rapports techniques
  2. Technical reports
  3. technical reports
  4. Since 2001
  5. Iraq War > (2003-2011)
  6. Afghan War, 2001-2021 > Computer simulation
  7. Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Computer simulation
  8. Decision making > United States > Simulation methods > Evaluation
  9. Operations research
  10. Military planning > United States > Simulation methods > Evaluation
  11. Logistics > Simulation methods > Evaluation
  12. Soldiers > Protection > United States > Simulation methods > Evaluation
  13. Irregular warfare > United States > Simulation methods > Evaluation
  14. Counterinsurgency > United States > Simulation methods > Evaluation
Genre/Form
  1. technical reports.
  2. Technical reports.
  3. Technical reports
  4. Rapports techniques.
Contents
  1. Introduction -- Decision issues and analysis in COIN and IW literature -- Support to force protection decisions -- Support to logistics decisions -- Support to campaign assessment decisions -- Support to force structuring -- Conclusions, findings, and recommendations -- Appendix. Review of selected models and simulations.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Note
  1. "RR-382-OSD"--Page [4] of cover.
  2. "National Defense Research Institute."
  3. "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation."
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-167).
Additional formats (note)
  1. Also issued online.
Processing action (note)
  1. committed to retain