| Article ID: | iaor20053201 |
| Country: | Japan |
| Volume: | 48 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 57 |
| End Page Number: | 70 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2005 |
| Journal: | Journal of the Operations Research Society of Japan |
| Authors: | Tone Kaoru, Nakabayashi Ken |
| Keywords: | decision theory: multiple criteria, statistics: data envelopment analysis, time series & forecasting methods |
This paper introduces a new index, the ‘relative-military index’, which is capable of evaluating a nation's dependence on military forces. We also measured this index by applying data envelopment analysis (DEA) to real-life data, and verified two inferences drawn from Dr. Kissinger's historical description of the post-Cold War world. Our study demonstrates that DEA could be useful in testing hypotheses in the social sciences, especially in the field of International Relations.