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Towards pre-emptive resilience in military supply chains: A compromise decision support model-based approach
The complex and dynamic nature of military supply chains (MSC) requires constant vigilance to sense potential vulnerabilities. Several studies have employed decision support models for the optimization of their operations. These models are often limited to a best single-point solution unsuitable for complex MSC constellations. In this article, the authors present a novel approach based on decision support models to explore a range of satisficing solutions against disruptions in MSCs using a compromise Decision Support Problem (cDSP) construct and Decision Support in the Design of Engineered Systems (DSIDES). Two cases were evaluated: (1) a baseline scenario with no disruption and (2) with disruption to achieve target values of three goals: (1) minimizing lead time, (2) maximizing demand fulfilment and (3) maximizing vehicle utilization. The results obtained in Case 1 identified a more stable solution space with minimal deviations from the target value, while in Case 2 the solution space was unstable with deviations from the target values
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World War I Weapons
\"This title examines the development of the artillery, tanks, U-boats, chemical warfare, and aircraft used during World War I\"--Publisher's website.
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Blinken pushes last-minute support to Ukraine before Trump
Secretary of State Antony Blinken, meeting with NATO security officials in Brussels on Nov. 13, said the Biden administration would rush as much military assistance as possible to Ukraine while Biden remains in office.
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Weapons of World War I
With the first world wide war, many new weapons were invented for the battlefield. Learn about the advancement in weapons in this book!
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Military Communications in the Future Battlefield
Military Communications in the Future Battlefield.
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Machines and weaponry of World War II
Young readers explore the world of military machines and the science behind the United States battles in World War II. Full-color photographs will show readers the airplanes, artillery, and guns that powered the American attack. Firsthand accounts from soldiers who developed and operated these weapons will help readers understand how the development and application of technology can mean the difference between winning and losing the biggest battles in history.
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Why China Has Not Caught Up Yet
Can countries easily imitate the United States’ advanced weapon systems and thus erode its military-technological superiority? Scholarship in international relations theory generally assumes that rising states benefit from the “advantage of backwardness.” That is, by free riding on the research and technology of the most advanced countries, less developed states can allegedly close the military-technological gap with their rivals relatively easily and quickly. More recent works maintain that globalization, the emergence of dual-use components, and advances in communications have facilitated this process. This literature is built on shaky theoretical foundations, however, and its claims lack empirical support. In particular, it largely ignores one of the most important changes to have occurred in the realm of weapons development since the second industrial revolution: the exponential increase in the complexity of military technology. This increase in complexity has promoted a change in the system of production that has made the imitation and replication of the performance of state-of-the-art weapon systems harder—so much so as to offset the diffusing effects of globalization and advances in communications. An examination of the British-German naval rivalry (1890–1915) and China’s efforts to imitate U.S. stealth fighters supports these findings.
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