Analysing conflict and its resolution : some mathematical contributions : based on the proceedings of a conference organized by the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications on the mathematics of conflict and its resolution, held at Churchill College, Cambridge in December 1984

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Analysing conflict and its resolution : some mathematical contributions : based on the proceedings of a conference organized by the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications on the mathematics of conflict and its resolution, held at Churchill College, Cambridge in December 1984

edited by P.G. Bennett

(The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications conference series, New series ; 8)

Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1987

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Analyzing conflict and its resolution

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This book contains up-to-date work in all areas of current research in this field. 'With a few exceptions, the papers in the book may be easily read by the non-specialist OR scientist, or, indeed, the intelligent layman. Many of the papers provide critical reviews of their fields.' Journal of Operational Research

Table of Contents

  • Analysing decisions in conflict - using game theory and its extensions to model conflict, L.C.Thomas
  • why game theory doesn't work, K.C.Binmore
  • beyond game theory - where?, P.G.Bennett
  • on the psychology of a hijacker, E.C. Zeeman
  • conflict of belief - when advisers disagree, S. French
  • modelling conflict with Weibull games, M. Yolles
  • arms races and international systems, Richardson revisited, I. Sutherland
  • simulation of international conflict, P. Smoker
  • the Weibull distribution in the study of international conflict, I.D. Petersen
  • some ideas to help stop the arms race, S.H. Salter
  • modelling battle - Lanchester theory and related approaches, some problems of modelling battle, D.R. Andrews and G.J. Laing
  • the role of operational analysis, T. Price
  • accuracy and Lanchester's law - a case for dispersed defence?, R. Neild
  • STOIC: a method for obtaining approximate solutions to heterogeneous Lanchester models, P.J. Haysman and K. Wand
  • the mathematical equivalence of conceptual diagrams and the use of electronic worksheets for dynamic models, G.J. Laing
  • Lanchester theory in practice, W.T. Lord.

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