The RAND SLAM Program
The RAND SLAM Program

Author: Jacob Alex Klerman

Publisher: Rand Corporation

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 189

ISBN-13: 0833042122

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Assessing alternative mixes of active and reserve forces is a crucial defense issue. Force structure decisions are made in an inherently uncertain environment: Force requirements can vary unpredictably, sometimes surging dramatically, depending on the types of conflicts that arise. The RAND SLAM program is a software application designed to aid military analysts in exploring the inherent trade-offs between cost, stress, and risk in force structure decisions. Its unique feature is that it models force requirements stochastically, allowing for analysis of requirements that change unpredictably over time. This report serves as a user's guide, explaining the program's features and interface and guiding the user through example analyses. Several of these example analyses examine some of the same force structure decisions as those analyzed with spreadsheet techniques by Lynn E. Davis et al. in Stretched Thin: Army Forces for Sustained Operations, thus validating the RAND SLAM results against this previous work. The authors also discuss the underlying model for the program, including its strengths and limitations and how it might be expanded and improved.

PC Mag
PC Mag

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Publisher:

Published: 1992-11-10

Total Pages: 562

ISBN-13:

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PCMag.com is a leading authority on technology, delivering Labs-based, independent reviews of the latest products and services. Our expert industry analysis and practical solutions help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology.

PC Mag
PC Mag

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Published: 1992-11-10

Total Pages: 562

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PCMag.com is a leading authority on technology, delivering Labs-based, independent reviews of the latest products and services. Our expert industry analysis and practical solutions help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology.

Memoirs of a Cold Warrior
Memoirs of a Cold Warrior

Author: Lee Carpenter

Publisher: Algora Publishing

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 9780875867045

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As Russia re-asserts itself on the global stage, and now the Peoples Republic of China, too, a look back at the hard, cold facts of the Cold War may improve Americans? understanding of our relative strengths and weaknesses and the continuing vulnerability of our primacy in the world. & br / & br /A defense analyst who served on the frontlines of the struggle for military parity, the author was party to the steps taken by US military, technical and industrial groups to assess, counter, and of course to seek to outperform Moscow throughout the Cold War, until the & quot;collapse" of the Soviet.

Rethinking the Reserves
Rethinking the Reserves

Author: Jacob Alex Klerman

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13:

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The U.S. Navy wants to provide its shipbuilders with appropriate incentive to produce militarily effective vessels at minimum cost to the Navy. It can induce a shipbuilder to agree to any contractual arrangement by offering the shipbuilder a high enough price. But it is likely to be preferable, at least ex ante, for the Navy to dissipate risk external to its shipbuilder to pay less for the systems the Navy needs. The Navy uses external labor- and material-cost indexes to attempt to correct for significant cost risks outside its shipbuilders? control. Shipbuilder profits are greater when actual.

Collected Rand Memoranda.
Collected Rand Memoranda.

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Publisher:

Published: 1947

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13:

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Working papers and research memoranda published from 1956 to 1970 are located in Walter Library Closed Storage. In late 1961, the series title changed from Research memorandum to Rand memorandum. Selectively cataloged Reports may be located by means of a title, author or series search in MNCAT.

Managerial Decision Modeling
Managerial Decision Modeling

Author: Nagraj (Raju) Balakrishnan

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2017-08-07

Total Pages: 828

ISBN-13: 150150620X

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This book fills a void for a balanced approach to spreadsheet-based decision modeling. In addition to using spreadsheets as a tool to quickly set up and solve decision models, the authors show how and why the methods work and combine the user's power to logically model and analyze diverse decision-making scenarios with software-based solutions. The book discusses the fundamental concepts, assumptions and limitations behind each decision modeling technique, shows how each decision model works, and illustrates the real-world usefulness of each technique with many applications from both profit and nonprofit organizations. The authors provide an introduction to managerial decision modeling, linear programming models, modeling applications and sensitivity analysis, transportation, assignment and network models, integer, goal, and nonlinear programming models, project management, decision theory, queuing models, simulation modeling, forecasting models and inventory control models. The additional material files Chapter 12 Excel files for each chapter Excel modules for Windows Excel modules for Mac 4th edition errata can be found at https://www.degruyter.com/view/product/486941

Discrete and Continuous Simulation
Discrete and Continuous Simulation

Author: Susmita Bandyopadhyay

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2014-06-25

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 1466596406

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When it comes to discovering glitches inherent in complex systems-be it a railway or banking, chemical production, medical, manufacturing, or inventory control system-developing a simulation of a system can identify problems with less time, effort, and disruption than it would take to employ the original. Advantageous to both academic and industria

Linear Programming and Network Flows
Linear Programming and Network Flows

Author: Mokhtar S. Bazaraa

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2009-12-14

Total Pages: 764

ISBN-13: 0470462728

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The authoritative guide to modeling and solving complex problems with linear programming—extensively revised, expanded, and updated The only book to treat both linear programming techniques and network flows under one cover, Linear Programming and Network Flows, Fourth Edition has been completely updated with the latest developments on the topic. This new edition continues to successfully emphasize modeling concepts, the design and analysis of algorithms, and implementation strategies for problems in a variety of fields, including industrial engineering, management science, operations research, computer science, and mathematics. The book begins with basic results on linear algebra and convex analysis, and a geometrically motivated study of the structure of polyhedral sets is provided. Subsequent chapters include coverage of cycling in the simplex method, interior point methods, and sensitivity and parametric analysis. Newly added topics in the Fourth Edition include: The cycling phenomenon in linear programming and the geometry of cycling Duality relationships with cycling Elaboration on stable factorizations and implementation strategies Stabilized column generation and acceleration of Benders and Dantzig-Wolfe decomposition methods Line search and dual ascent ideas for the out-of-kilter algorithm Heap implementation comments, negative cost circuit insights, and additional convergence analyses for shortest path problems The authors present concepts and techniques that are illustrated by numerical examples along with insights complete with detailed mathematical analysis and justification. An emphasis is placed on providing geometric viewpoints and economic interpretations as well as strengthening the understanding of the fundamental ideas. Each chapter is accompanied by Notes and References sections that provide historical developments in addition to current and future trends. Updated exercises allow readers to test their comprehension of the presented material, and extensive references provide resources for further study. Linear Programming and Network Flows, Fourth Edition is an excellent book for linear programming and network flow courses at the upper-undergraduate and graduate levels. It is also a valuable resource for applied scientists who would like to refresh their understanding of linear programming and network flow techniques.

Discrete-event Simulation
Discrete-event Simulation

Author: Lawrence M. Leemis

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 632

ISBN-13:

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CONTENIDO: Models - Random-number generation - Discrete-event simulation - Statistics - Next-event simulation - Discrete random variables - Continuous random variables - Output analysis - Input modeling - Projects.