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Record Nr.

UNINA9910483891003321

Titolo

An Ontology of Modern Conflict : Including Conventional Combat and Unconventional Conflict / / by Dean S. Hartley III

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2021

ISBN

3-030-53214-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXXV, 445 p

Collana

Understanding Complex Systems, , 1860-0840

Classificazione

327

Altri autori (Persone)

HartleyDean S

Disciplina

355.00113

Soggetti

Politics and war

Peace

Political science - Philosophy

Operations research

Military and Defence Studies

Peace and Conflict Studies

Political Philosophy

Operations Research and Decision Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

GOBI

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Portrayal of Women in Jihadi Organizations -- Chapter 3. Operation-based Jihadi Organizations -- Chapter 4. State-building Jihadi Organizations -- Chapter 5. Women in Operation-based Jihadi Organizations -- Chapter 6. Women in State-building Jihadi Organizations: Legitimacy -- Chapter 7. Women in State-building Jihadi Organizations: Public Goods and Service Provision -- Chapter 8. Women in State-building Jihadi Organizations: Security -- Chapter 9. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume develops and describes an ontology of modern conflict. Modern conflict is a complex adaptive system. As such, it exhibits emergent properties, or properties that are not predictable from simple descriptions of the system. The Modern Conflict Ontology (MCO) creates a structure for collecting and analyzing information regarding both conventional and unconventional conflict in the face of uncertainty. The first three chapters of the book begin the discussion



of the MCO. The first chapter introduces the foundational concepts. The second chapter discusses modern conflict in detail. The third chapter provides an overview of ontologies in sufficient detail to make the rest of the book understandable, but without covering the minutia of the subject. The next ten chapters describe the parts of the MCO. Each part is a sub-ontology and is discussed in detail, including connections to the other parts. Instances are used very liberally to ensure thatthe concepts are made concrete. The final chapter consolidates the descriptions of the ontology into a discussion of “what we can know.” It describes the implementation history and changes from the predecessor Unconventional Conflict Ontology (UCO) to the MCO, plus some uses of the ontology and potential future enhancements. Providing an ontology that describes the entire modern conflict domain, this volume is appropriate for military professionals and academics and professionals in political science, computer science, and operations research.