Measures of Effectiveness for the Information-Age Army
The 1990s have witnessed the beginning of what future historians may call the Information Age. While it is clear that information will have a far-reaching effect on a host of activities--including warfare--how to quantify and measure that effect is less clear. The understanding of how to do so is important to the Army, particularly at a time when it is spending a considerable amount of its scarce investment capital to establishInformation-Age links across its forces--the so-called digitization of the Army. As it transforms itself, the Army needs analytic tools to help make the best choices possible. Chief among these tools are good measures of effectiveness (MOEs) that can demonstrate the value of information in terms of military outcomes. This document reports on a smallset of Information-Age MOEs developed in an attempt to spark the creation of many more such measures. This research demonstrates that development of MOEs is feasible, not only for combat operations but for stability operations as well.
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- Copyright: RAND Corporation
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- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 140
- List Price: $22.00
- Price: $17.60
- ISBN/EAN: 0-8330-2847-2
- Document Number: MR-1155-A
- Year: 2001
- Series: Monograph Reports
Contents
Preface PDF
Figures PDF
Tables PDF
Summary PDF
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgments PDF
Chapter One
Introduction PDF
Chapter Two
A Probability Model of Knowledge PDF
Chapter Three
Gaming Information PDF
Chapter Four
Knowledge-Enhanced Lanchester PDF
Chapter Five
Transitioning to the Information Age PDF
Chapter Six
New MOEs for Combat Operations PDF
Chapter Seven
MOEs for Stability and Support Operations PDF
Chapter Eight
Concluding Observations and Potential Implications PDF
References PDF
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