A dynamic model of counterinsurgency policy including the effects of intelligence, public security, popular support, and insurgent experience

System Dynamics Review

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 111-141

  Anderson Jr , Edward G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MILITARY APPLICATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 79957524931     PISSN: 08837066     EISSN: 10991727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sdr.443     Document Type: Article

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