COWLES FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH IN
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COWLES FOUNDATION DISCUSSION PAPER NO. 787 "Issues Arising in Management and Control of Naval Forces" Paul Bracken and Martin Shubik April 1986 This paper takes the context of political and military command as given and considers
the fundamental question of how a modern navy fits in with the usual conception of nuclear
deterrence between the United States and the Soviet Union. We here summarize the major
issues, questions, and conclusions from this research as they serve to provide the context
for our observations on the relevance of and potential for operations research and
decision sciences contributions to providing understanding and analysis for these critical
and highly qualitative problems. |
