A New Methodology for Military Force Structure Analysis

Mark A. Gallagher and Elizabeth J. Kelly
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Mark A. Gallagher: Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
Elizabeth J. Kelly: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico

Operations Research, 1991, vol. 39, issue 6, 877-885

Abstract: A new methodology provides military decision makers with information on the aggregate effectiveness of large-scale conventional (nonnuclear) and combined nuclear and conventional force structures against a wide range of targets. This methodology coupled a generic data base of representative targets, to which real-world targets can be mapped, with a nuclear force-exchange model that uses goal programming techniques to determine optimal allocations of weapons to targets. This methodology enabled military strategists to analyze the effectiveness of existing and proposed weapon systems against a variety of targets and to study a number of force structures constrained by proposed force reduction treaties and tight defense budgets.

Keywords: military; cost effective: force tradeoff analyses; military; force effectiveness: conventional and nuclear force capability assessment; military; targeting: generic targets for large-scale conventional analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1991
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