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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, Walter L. Perry, Abby Doll, Natasha Lander, Dan Madden.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Connable, Ben, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Counterinsurgency--United States--Simulation methods--Evaluation.
- Counterinsurgency.
- Irregular warfare--United States--Simulation methods--Evaluation.
- Irregular warfare.
- Soldiers--Protection--United States--Simulation methods--Evaluation.
- Soldiers.
- Logistics--Simulation methods--Evaluation.
- Logistics.
- Military planning--United States--Simulation methods--Evaluation.
- Military planning.
- Decision making--United States--Simulation methods--Evaluation.
- Decision making.
- Operations research.
- Afghan War, 2001-2021--Computer simulation.
- Afghan War, 2001-2021.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011--Computer simulation.
- Iraq War, 2003-2011.
- Computer simulation.
- Simulation methods.
- Evaluation.
- Logistics--Simulation methods.
- Soldiers--Protection.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 167 pages : illustrations (some color), graph, color maps ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, [2014].
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- "RR-382-OSD."--Page 4 of cover.
- "National Defense Research Institute."
- "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation."--Title page.
- "Approved for public release; distribution unlimited."--Title page.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-167).
- ISBN:
- 9780833082114
- 0833082116
- OCLC:
- 866996440
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