The objectives of this research were to: (1) translate the RAND 36-Item Health Survey 1.0 (aka SF-36) into Arabic; (2) evaluate the reliability and equivalence of the Arabic and English versions in a ...

This report deals with one aspect of RAND's continuing study of methods for improving decisionmaking. It describes the results of an extensive set of experiments conducted at RAND during the spring ...

This report assesses the political and social dimensions of American counterinsurgency policy in El Salvador. It attempts to explain why low-intensity-conflict doctrine has not produced the desired ...

A description of the Delphi Technique which attempts to make effective use of informed intuitive judgment in long-range forecasting. The Delphi method in its simplest form solicits the opinions of ...

An attempt (1) to determine whether a theory of creative thinking distinct from a theory of problem solving is needed, (2) to summarize what has been learned about problem solving by simulating ...

Advances in technology can bring about dramatic changes in military operations, often termed revolutions in military affairs or RMAs. Such technology-driven changes in military operations are not ...

A study of several experimental games to test the applicability and usefulness of the axiomatic structures developed by von Neumann, Morgenstern, and others. Flood, Merrill M., Some Experimental Games ...

U.S.-ROK cooperation on shipbuilding should be structured so that it strengthens U.S. maritime industrial capacity, makes ...

A discussion of the problem of building digital communication networks using links with less than perfect reliability. The redundancy level used is defined as a measure of connectivity. The systems ...

The arrival of postindustrial society has transformed the traditional bases of national power, and thus the methods used to measure the relative power of nations should be reassessed as well.

Over the past five years, the European defense industry has undergone a dramatic restructuring. Economic forces and government policies have led to substantial industrial consolidation and the ...

Twenty-five years later, 9/11's lessons are still contested, except the simplest: the United States mistook quiet for peace.