A Systematic Approach to Prioritizing Weapon System Requirements and Military Operations Through Requisite Variety

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas B. Bushey ◽  
Mark E. Nissen
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Weapon System ◽  
Military Operations ◽  
Requisite Variety ◽  
System Requirements

scholarly journals The U.S. Employment of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 675-694
Author(s):  
David E. Graham
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Weapon System ◽  
Military Operations ◽  
Terrorist Organizations ◽  
Legal Norms ◽  
Legal Principles ◽  
The Past ◽  
The U.S

Much has been written over the past several years regarding the increased U.S. employment of UAVs as a weapon system against both combatants on a battlefield and terrorists far removed from an active zone of military operations. As an element of this dialogue, there has occurred a growing discussion as to whether, given what some view as the appearance of new threats to national security—existing in the form of al-Qaeda and similar terrorist organizations—there is now a need for enhanced clarity and transparency concerning the legal principles applicable to when, where, and how such systems might be used. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate that, if, in fact, uncertainty exists as to the legal norms to be applied in the employment of UAVs against those who threaten U.S. security interests—it is an uncertainty of a U.S. self-inflicted nature. In truth, the old law, i.e., currently existing codified and customary international legal principles, can quite sufficiently regulate the lawful use of these systems. Any confusion surrounding this subject is, in reality, due to the consistently self-serving and highly questionable manner in which the U.S. government has both interpreted and applied these norms. Before turning to a discussion of the relevant legal issues, however, it would be helpful to briefly examine the basic nomenclature of commonly U.S.-deployed UAVs.

scholarly journals Medieval Kazakh History in Arab and Persian Sources

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adil Markhaba ◽  
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Islam Zhemeney ◽  
Aman K. Rakhmetullin ◽  
Kalamkas B. Bolatova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Military Operations ◽  
Ancient History ◽  
Historical Evidence ◽  
Folk Traditions ◽  
Systematic Processing ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Military

The relevance of this topic lies in the analysis of the study of medieval Kazakh history. After gaining independence, the processes of the revival of national identity, reinstatement of primitive spiritual and moral values and human mentality, which were sharply suppressed during the period of the Soviet totalitarian system, became widespread. Therewith, the widely discussed national-historical structure of the population, the knowledge of ethnic roots, the restoration of traditions and customs, which served as a connecting link, as well as the specificity and originality of the approach are of particular importance. Currently, the problem of objective reading, coverage, and popularisation of the ancient and medieval Kazakh history and culture is acute. By rejecting one-sided interpretations of historical events, established clichés require impartial, academic analysis based on evidence drawn from a wide range of sources. The purpose of this study is to identify the problems of the history of Kazakhstan in the 13th-14th centuries, the general laws of world historical development and the features of the historical process, folk traditions by using a scientific and systematic approach. Based on the systematisation and classification of data from the geographical and Arab historical records of the 13th-14th centuries, the analysis of written monuments is performed, their interdependence is established, and the degree of completeness and reliability of the data in the works of the narrative is determined in an integral system. Due to the scientific expeditions and research trips to Mongolia, China, and Germany, Kazakh orientalists analysed and performed the first systematic processing of archival materials and historical evidence of the early history of resettlement based on the ancient Turkic manuscript, ancient Indian, and Chinese sources that formed a picture of the proto and ancient history. For example, the features of stone figures give an idea of the military hierarchy, military operations, the settlement of ethnic groups (ethnogeography), the worldview of the Turks, etc.

scholarly journals Future Tactical Fighter Requirements: A Propulsion Technology Update

1979 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. W. Lind ◽  
T. S. Ervolina
Keyword(s):  
Air Force ◽  
Propulsion System ◽  
Weapon System ◽  
Critical Design ◽  
System Requirements ◽  
Cost Efficient ◽  
Design Challenges ◽  
Technology Concepts

This paper examines the potential roles that are emerging from current studies of future U.S. Air Force tactical fighters and analyzes their impact on the propulsion system requirements. It provides an updated review of the leading propulsion technology concepts that are the candidates in meeting such critical design challenges as supersonic cruise, stealth, STOL, as well as high maneuvering capability with a cost-efficient weapon system.

A Formal Methodology for Analyzing Tradeoffs of Imprecise Requirements

1998 ◽  
Vol 08 (02) ◽  
pp. 283-311
Author(s):  
John Yen ◽  
W. Amos Tiao
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Requirement Engineering ◽  
Engineering Process ◽  
Scheduling System ◽  
Conference Room ◽  
The Past ◽  
Analysis Process ◽  
Requirement Engineering Process ◽  
System Requirements ◽  
Conflict Identification

Conflict identification and resolution are inevitable parts of the requirement analysis process. Over the past few years, the need to deal with conflicting system requirements has become increasingly important. These requirements are often elastic in that they can be satisfied to a degree. The overall goal of this research is to develop a formal methodology that facilitates the identification and tradeoff analysis of conflicting requirements by explicitly capturing their elasticity. In order to capture the elasticity of imprecise requirements, we represent imprecise requirements using fuzzy logic. Based on the representation, we build a formal foundation to facilitate the identification of conflicting requirements. Once the conflicting requirements are identified, we describe a systematic approach for analyzing the tradeoff between conflicting requirements using the techniques in decision science. The systematic tradeoff analyses are used for three important tasks in the requirement engineering process: (1) for validating the structure used in aggregating prioritized requirements, (2) for assisting requirement engineers in identifying the structures and the parameters of the underlying representation of imprecise requirements and in eliciting them from the customer, and (3) for assessing the priorities of conflicting requirements. We illustrate the usage of these techniques using the requirements of a conference room scheduling system.

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