RAND Expert Biography
Mark V. Arena
Senior Physical Scientist
Expertise
Cost analysis, procurement strategies, industrial base issues, risk analysis
Recent Work
Weapon systems
Education
Ph.D. in physical chemistry, Stanford University; B.S. in chemistry, Yale University
Publications of Interest
Historical Cost Growth of Completed Weapon System Programs, Mark V. Arena et al., RAND Corporation, 2006
Impossible Certainty: Cost Risk Analysis for Air Force Systems, Mark V. Arena et al., RAND Corporation, 2006
Monitoring the Progress of Shipbuilding Programmes: How Can the Defence Procurement Agency More Accurately Monitor Progress? Mark V. Arena et al., RAND Corporation, 2005
The United Kingdom's Naval Shipbuilding Industrial Base: The Next Fifteen Years, Mark V. Arena et al., RAND Corporation, 2005
Why Has the Cost of Navy Ships Risen? A Macroscopic Examination of the Trends in U.S. Naval Ship Costs over the Past Several Decades, Mark V. Arena et al., RAND Corporation, 2006
Recent RAND Publications are listed here.
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