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Record Nr.

UNINA9910467297203321

Autore

Delaney William P. <1933->

Titolo

Perspectives on defense systems analysis : the what, the why, and the who, but mostly the how of broad defense systems analysis / / William P. Delaney ; with Robert G. Atkins, Alan D. Bernard, Don M. Boroson, David J. Ebel, Aryeh Feder, Jack G. Fleischman, Michael P. Shatz, Robert Stein, and Stephen D. Weiner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : MIT Press, , [2015]

[Piscataqay, New Jersey] : , : IEEE Xplore, , [2015]

ISBN

0-262-33025-3

Descrizione fisica

1 PDF (xiii, 273 pages) : illustrations

Collana

MIT Lincoln Laboratory series

Disciplina

355.801/1

Soggetti

System analysis

Military research - United States - Evaluation

Military planning - United States - Methodology

Technology and state - United States

Electronic books.

United States Defenses Evaluation Methodology

United States Armed Forces Weapons systems Evaluation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

The Department of Defense and the military continually grapple with complex scientific, engineering, and technological problems. Defense systems analysis offers a way to reach a clearer understanding of how to approach and think about complex problems. It guides analysts in defining the question, capturing previous work in the area, assessing the principal issues, and understanding how they are linked. The goal of defense systems analysis is not necessarily to find a particular solution but to provide a roadmap to a solution, or an understanding of the relative value of alternative solutions. In this book, experts in the field--all of them with more than twenty years of experience--offer insights, advice, and concrete examples to guide practitioners in the art



of defense systems analysis.The book describes general issues in systems analysis and analysis protocols in specific defense areas. It offers a useful overview of the process, a discussion of different venues, and practical advice running a study and reporting its results. It discusses red teaming (the search for vulnerabilities that might be exploited by an adversary) and its complement, blue teaming (the search for solutions to known shortcomings). It describes real-world defense systems analysis for both traditional and nontraditional areas, including air defense and ballistic missile defense systems, bioterrorism defense, space warfare, and interplanetary communications. Perspectives on Defense Systems Analysis is a very readable resource for analysts and engineers in industry, government, and research.