Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Connable, Ben

Publication

Santa Monica : Rand Corporation, [2014]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Perry, Walt L.
• Doll, Abby
• Lander, Natasha
• Madden, Dan
• National Defense Research Institute (U.S.), issuing body.
• Rand Corporation, issuing body.
• International Security and Defense Policy Center researcher.

Description

xxi, 167 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps; 26 cm

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.

Subject

• Since 2001
• Counterinsurgency > United States > Evaluation
• Irregular warfare > United States > Evaluation
• Soldiers > Evaluation. > United States
• Logistics > Evaluation
• Military planning > United States > Evaluation
• Operations research
• Decision making > United States > Evaluation
• Afghan War, 2001-2021 > Computer simulation
• Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Computer simulation

Genre/Form

• technical reports.
• Technical reports.
• Technical reports
• Rapports techniques.

Note

• "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."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-167).

Additional Formats (note)

• Also issued online.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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.

ISBN

• 0833082116
• 9780833082114

OCLC

• 866996440
• SCSB-10460371

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library