Author: Richard R. Brennan Jr.
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: wargames, army, insights, homeland, protecting
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2002
ISBN-10: 0833031538
ISBN-13: 9780833031532

In February 1996, the Chief of Staff of the Army directed the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) to conduct studies of future warfare. As part of these studies, TRADOC sponsors workshops and encourages franchise games in areas of interest. This document reports on RAND analysis of homeland security. The insights and issues raised in this study address new and emerging threats and vulnerabilities of the United States to militarily significant attacks within its borders during times of conflict. The work broadly fits into the larger body of research relating to asymmetric warfare a

Author: Melvin Dresher
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: applications, theory, strategy, games
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2007
ISBN-10: 0833042254
ISBN-13: 9780833042255

Games of Strategy: Theory and Applications, originally published by Prentice Hall in 1961, was written by Melvin Dresher, a RAND research mathematician, during the heyday of Game Theory at RAND. This book introduced readers to the basic concepts of game theory and its applications for military, economic, and political problems, as well as its usefulness in decisionmaking in business, operations research, and behavioral science. More than forty years after its first publication as a RAND research study, and to celebrate RAND

Author: John D. Williams
Publisher: RAND Corporation
Keywords: games, strategy, theory, primer, strategyst, compleat
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2007-09-25
ISBN-10: 083304222X
ISBN-13: 9780833042224

When The Compleat Strategyst was originally published in 1954, game theory was an esoteric and mysterious subject, familiar only to specialized researchers, particularly in the military. Its prominence today can be traced at least in part to this classic book, which popularized the subject for amateurs, professionals, and students throughout the world. This is a reprint of a 1966 revised edition of the book originally published in 1954.