1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991001291719707536

Autore

Soare, Robert Irving

Titolo

Recursively enumerable sets and degrees : a study of computable functions and computably generated sets / Robert I. Soare

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : Springer-Verlag, 1987

ISBN

3540152997

Descrizione fisica

xviii, 437 p. ; 25 cm.

Collana

Perspectives in mathematical logic

Classificazione

AMS 03D10

AMS 03D25

AMS 03D30

QA9.615.S63

Disciplina

511.3

Soggetti

Computable functions

Recursive functions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910255035003321

Autore

Martínez Ordóñez Lucía

Titolo

Military Operational Planning and Strategic Moves / / by Lucía Martínez Ordóñez

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-56108-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 101 p. 21 illus., 6 illus. in color.)

Collana

Contributions to Economics, , 1431-1933

Disciplina

355.0335

Soggetti

Game theory

Politics and war

Operations research

Decision making

Humanitarian law

Terrorism

Political violence

Game Theory

Military and Defence Studies

Operations Research/Decision Theory

Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences

International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict

Terrorism and Political Violence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Game Theory and the Decision-Making Process in Military Affairs -- Strategies and Tactics -- Conflicts as Zero-Sum Games -- The Advantage of Moving First Versus a First-Mover Advantage -- Irregular Warfare -- Modelling Specific Aspects of COIN Operations: On the Possiblity of a First Mover Advantage -- The War Against the Taliban: Tactical Operations and Strategic Moves -- Lessons Learned.

Sommario/riassunto

This book employs game theory to warfare and in particular to military operations. It aims at scrutinizing the validity of the two ideas that have



governed the literature on war and warfighting: One is the Clausewitzian Fog of War, which suggests that he who is able to "see" through the gunsmoke and observe his opponent’s moves before he has to commit to some strategy himself, should be able to gain an advantage over that enemy; the other is the tradition of understanding military conflict as a zero-sum game. Combined, these ideas seem to imply that war always gives rise to a second-mover advantage. This book questions the validity of this presumption at the operational level of military planning. It provides a simple but rigorous game-theoretic framework in order to analyse operational alternatives for a whole range of typical conflicts Western military forces are facing, including the most recent ones such as Anti-Access/Area-Denial and supporting host nations' counterinsurgency campaigns.