Keyword: military & defence

Found 254 papers in total
Management problems of large organizations
Management problems of large organizations
1996,
In this paper, which the late Charles J. Hitch gave as a Phi Beta Kappa Lecture in...
Diagnosing the safety of flights by means of a statistical method
Diagnosing the safety of flights by means of a statistical method
1995,
The problems concerning the safety of flights in military aircraft are discussed. A...
The hidden process of budgeting: Execution
The hidden process of budgeting: Execution
1999,
Despite great attention paid to budget execution in the last decades by practitioners,...
Concurrent optimization in designing for logistics support
Concurrent optimization in designing for logistics support
1999,
Concurrent Engineering has always been an important field within military industry and...
Operations Analysis in the Eighth Air Force, 1942–1945: Four Contemporary Accounts
Operations Analysis in the Eighth Air Force, 1942–1945: Four Contemporary Accounts
1998,
System dynamics in defence analysis: Some case studies
System dynamics in defence analysis: Some case studies
1999,
System dynamics has proved to be an effective and efficient methodology for the...
Estimation of expected utility gained from the helmet law in Taiwan by quality-adjusted survival time
Estimation of expected utility gained from the helmet law in Taiwan by quality-adjusted survival time
1999,
The objective of this study was to empirically estimate the expected utility gained...
Autonomous search for mines
Autonomous search for mines
1998,
Research on demining includes many different aspects, and in particular the design of...
Randomized look strategy for a moving target when a search path is given
Randomized look strategy for a moving target when a search path is given
1998,
This paper investigates the search problem for a moving target when a search path is...
Four good decades of OR in the Canadian Department of National Defence
Four good decades of OR in the Canadian Department of National Defence
1998,
The first half of the period between 1950 and 1990 offered ideal circumstances for the...
What we learned early in the US Air Force about establishing and maintaining operational research groups
What we learned early in the US Air Force about establishing and maintaining operational research groups
1998,
In the two decades 1942–1962 the US Air Force established and maintained over 30...
How OR can survive and prosper
How OR can survive and prosper
1998,
This paper examines the success and failure of OR groups, with emphasis on a highly...
An integer resource allocation problem with cost constraint
An integer resource allocation problem with cost constraint
1998,
This paper investigates a non-linear integer programming problem with an exponential...
Operations Analysis in the Eighth Air Force, 1942–1945: Four Contemporary Accounts
Operations Analysis in the Eighth Air Force, 1942–1945: Four Contemporary Accounts
1998,
The air defence of Great Britain, 1920–1940: An operational research perspective
The air defence of Great Britain, 1920–1940: An operational research perspective
1997,
This paper analyses the introduction of operational research into the RAF in the...
The area bombing of Germany in World War II: An operational research perspective
The area bombing of Germany in World War II: An operational research perspective
1997,
This paper analyses the origins and implementation of British bombing policy with...
Locating a target from directional data
Locating a target from directional data
1998,
Statistical estimation plays an important role in locating a target in space, a task...
On the problem of search with ships and aircraft
On the problem of search with ships and aircraft
1997,
After World War II, B. O. Koopman published the series of three papers on the theory...
Two-person zero-sum games for network interdiction
Two-person zero-sum games for network interdiction
1995,
A single evader attempts to traverse a path between two nodes in a network while a...
Developing models of decision making
Developing models of decision making
1997,
Studies that focus on the decision making process can be classified in (at least) two...
Exploiting airline reservation technologies to improve Navy training management
Exploiting airline reservation technologies to improve Navy training management
1997,
The US Navy trains hundreds of thousands of students every year. For Navy training,...
Measuring consensus in decision making: An application to maritime command and control
Measuring consensus in decision making: An application to maritime command and control
1997,
An important component of maritime command and control is the information that has...
Reliability-centred maintenance analysis for a complex military system
Reliability-centred maintenance analysis for a complex military system
1995,
The preventive-maintenance (PM) programme is a very important document in the life...
Testing or fault-finding for reliability growth: A missile destructive-test example
Testing or fault-finding for reliability growth: A missile destructive-test example
1997,
A new piece of equipment has been purchased in a lot of size m . Some of the items can...
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