Modeling, simulation, and operations analysis in Afghanistan and Iraq : operational vignettes, lessons learned, and a survey of selected efforts

• Author: National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
• VerfasserIn: Connable, Ben; Lander, Natasha; Doll, Abby; Perry, Walt L; Madden, Dan
• TeilnehmendeR: Lander, Natasha; Doll, Abby; Perry, Walt L; Madden, Dan; National Defense Research Institute (U.S.); International Security and Defense Policy Center; Rand Corporation
• Place / Publishing House: [Place of publication not identified] : Rand Corporation, 2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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 wa...

Table of 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.