2012-05-24T13:57:05Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P2762.html 2011-04-22T00:59:00Z 2011-04-22T00:59:00Z

A presentation of papers fundamental to the study of aerial reconnaissance.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P3258.html 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z

A comparative examination of Soviet military doctrine and strategy as presented in the 1960 and 1964 editions of On Soviet Military Science. The changing emphases in Soviet attitudes toward strategic warfare, relationship between politics and militar...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P3251.html 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z

Trends in capital formation in Communist China, 1952-1959. Rate of investment, structure of investment by types of capital goods, and the pattern of allocation of fixed investment by major economic sectors are described. To provide a gauge for apprai...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P3240.html 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z

A review of the Military Aid Program (MAP), its origin, planning, and programming techniques. Analytical issues and research problems surrounding MAP as an instrument of U.S. foreign policy are discussed....

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P3299.html 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z

System performance can be measured by means of loss functions and risk functions. Inequalities are derived which provide upper and lower bounds on the total system risk function in terms of the more readily evaluated individual subsystem risk functions.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P3358.html 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z

Suggestions for improving operational cost estimating and control techniques for technological development programs, i.e., programs that progress to the point that experimental hardware is required. The techniques are based on studies of current pro...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P1036.html 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z

A discussion of the trade-offs made between investing in a weapon and its logistics support. This study examines (1) some logistic implications of the present need to maintain a high level of operational readiness of the Air Force, (2) the nature of ...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P182.html 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P68.html 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z

A step-by-step development of stress-strain diagrams for various loading histories in which elastic action is assumed to be instantaneous and reversible; and plastic action, to occur at constant stress as a function of stress, time, and extent of pla...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P2117.html 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z

A discussion of the "contextual study" method for studying limited-war strategies in conjunction with war gaming. The method is designed to provide a means of accounting for the dynamic interaction of political variables with physical variables. A se...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P2123.html 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z

A discourse on limited war and on its many related areas of interest (e.g., the causes of limited war, ways to keep it limited, the weapons necessary to fight such wars, and the role of international commitments, support agreements, and assistance pa...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P3276.html 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z

Description of a problem emanating from a study of feedback loops in stochastic networks and its solution. 10 pp....

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P7378.html 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z

This paper assesses priorities for policy research dealing with nutrition interventions in primary health care programs in developing countries. Research and demonstration projects for "second best" growth-monitoring programs are needed, as are tests...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P3447.html 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z

Describes accomplishments and future plans in the areas of inventory control, support of TAC forces in peace and war, airlift, and maintenance management systems. The RAND base stockage, EOQ, and multi-echelon inventory level models are described, as...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P3409.html 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z

An appraisal of the newer capabilities for on-line interactions between users and automated systems in command system design. Current technology offers a potential software development that would permit on-site, on-line functional programming. Both...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P1234.html 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z

A description of the early efforts of RAND's Systems Research Laboratory to create simulation techniques that permit the study of the complex logistic systems under laboratory conditions. The simple modeling of logistic organizations used in PROLOG 1...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P1420.html 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z

A discussion of the spectrum of thermal environments and functional requirements for materials used in space vehicles. A desire by designers to operate materials at the highest permissible temperature and the necessity to minimize the structural weig...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P2733.html 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z

A consideration of American nuclear policy toward a possible NATO nuclear force since the Nassau meeting in December 1962. Among the changing emphases may be a greater voice for all member nations, a decreasing need for nuclear initiatives, and new ...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P2758.html 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z

A description of management control systems, considering the management functions of control and decisionmaking. These are related to the objective and functions of a management control system. The problem areas of performance measurement, the langua...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P2715.html 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z 2003-12-31T21:00:00Z

A discussion of some analytical and computational aspects of a general class of allocation processes (referred to as nonlinear allocation processes) for which the returns are not directly proportional to the allocations. The principal tools used are...