COMBAT : A Series of On-Line Computer Programs for Quick-Response Force Cost Analysis.

A. J. Tenzer, C. Teng, J. J. Kermisch

ResearchPublished 1969

A description of COMBAT, the Cost Oriented Model Built to Analyze Tradeoffs, that enables the analyst to participate, through Rand's time-shared computer system JOSS, in a war-gaming or planning exercise and to supply instant estimates of the cost of alternative weapons and forces. COMBAT is composed of five individual weapon system cost-estimating models (aircraft, missile, ground-based, ship, and space) and a time-phased force cost-estimating model. The study is intended not only to instruct analysts on the use of the model but also to stimulate the development of similar cost-estimating models for use with other than military forces or systems. 68 pp.

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  • Copyright: RAND Corporation
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  • Year: 1969
  • Pages: 68
  • Document Number: RM-5653-ARPA

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Tenzer, A. J., C. Teng, and J. J. Kermisch, COMBAT : A Series of On-Line Computer Programs for Quick-Response Force Cost Analysis. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1969. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM5653.html.
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