Nowadays, western armed forces more and more use the effects of their actions as a starting point for operations. Concepts such as Effect Based (Approach to) Operations, Comprehensive Approach and others display this evolution. When it comes to weapon systems, the armed forces struggle to use these concepts and to translate them into guidelines. Therefore, TNO tries to set up a methodology to e...

Resource optimization and scheduling is a costly, challenging problem that affects almost every aspect of our lives. One example that affects each of us is health care: Poor systems design and scheduling of resources can lead to higher rates of patient noncompliance and burnout of health care providers, as highlighted by the Institute of Medicine (Brandenburg et al. 2015). In aerospace manufact...

te c h o p s D irected Energy Weapons (DEW) have been a recurring theme in science fiction literature and cinema ever since H.G. Wells published the ‘War of the Worlds’ in 1898. The idea of a ‘death ray’ that can instantly destroy or burn a target at a distance retains its allure to this very day. More than a century after Wells contrived his ‘heat ray’ the technology is maturing to the point o...

Screening weapon-systems is a critical task in determining whether a systems development effort will be successful and eventually provide the increased war fighting capability the user had originally envisioned. Weapon system selection is a multi-criteria decision problem that must be accomplished within a constrained resource environment. Several alternatives must be considered and evaluated i...

The new U.S. Army vision contends that heuristics are practical tools for achieving innovation. Overcoming complex terrain and adaptive hybrid threats in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan requires technological innovation. Supportability issues result from modifying deployed weapon systems with new technology for countering these types of threats. Collecting detailed data on deployed weapon systems ...

The officer-in-charge deploying the security personnel to protect a large infrastructure meets a complex decision problem if multiple threats have to be handled simultaneously: Limited surveillance resources have to be optimally allocated to the many affected sectors in order to provide the safest threat state for the infrastructure as a whole over time. This contribution presents an interactiv...

Multi-Agent System for Predictive Reconfiguration of Shipboard Power Systems. (December 2003) Sanjeev Kumar Srivastava, B.E., University of Gorakhpur; M. Tech., Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. Karen Butler-Purry The electric power systems in U.S. Navy ships supply energy to sophisticated systems for weapons, communications, navigation and operation. The re...

We congratulate Somer et al for this interesting and important research. 1 During the 34 days of fighting of the Second Lebanon War II (12 July to 14 August 2006), civilians in Israel's northern region suffered a bombardment of approximately 4,000 rockets. On average, daily attacks were around 120 rockets struck daily. The rockets attacks resulted in 2,774 anxiety and acute stress reaction casu...

How robust is public support for extended nuclear deterrence in patron and client states? Recent studies have improved scholarly understanding of US opinion about weapon use against non-nuclear adversaries. Yet, there limited knowledge attitudes regarding retaliation strikes allies. We develop a theoretical typology crises investigate this phenomenon with novel survey experiment ( n = 6,623). A...