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Design, assessment, and the causal imperative in complex operations and campaigns

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  • Christopher J Hickey
  • Robert Bradford
  • Celestino Perez

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Military planners and commanders participate in two activities, design and assessment, that are currently separate and distinct processes. Military design aims at environmental understanding and crafting well-justified interventions. Assessment requires the discernment of whether these interventions are working. However, the logical and practical connections between design and assessment are under-theorized. We argue that the exercise of military design and assessment must become indistinguishable in practice. Assessment must be a continuous action as commanders and staff officers understand the environment, craft an array of interventions, and determine if these interventions are working.

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  • Christopher J Hickey & Robert Bradford & Celestino Perez, 2019. "Design, assessment, and the causal imperative in complex operations and campaigns," The Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation, , vol. 16(4), pages 265-276, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:joudef:v:16:y:2019:i:4:p:265-276
    DOI: 10.1177/1548512919856111
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