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The Value of Weapon System Reliability in a Combat Environment: Costs and Performance

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Cost Analysis Applications of Economics and Operations Research

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems ((LNE,volume 332))

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This paper reports on the development of a methodology for assessing the cost and performance trade-offs between equipment reliability and logistic support under combat conditions. In other words, does reliability make a difference and, if so, how much?

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  1. Institute for Defense Analyses, 1801 N. Beauregard Street, Alexandria, Virginia, 22311, USA

    Karen W. Tyson, Stanley A. Horowitz & D. Graham McBryde

  2. Center for Naval Analyses, 4401 Ford Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia, 22302, USA

    Peter Evanovich

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  1. Decision Sciences Department, George Mason University, 22030, Fairfax, VA, USA

    Thomas R. Gulledge Jr.

  2. E. Claiborne Robins School of Business, University of Richmond, 23173, Richmond, VA, USA

    Lewis A. Litteral

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Tyson, K.W., Horowitz, S.A., McBryde, D.G., Evanovich, P. (1989). The Value of Weapon System Reliability in a Combat Environment: Costs and Performance. In: Gulledge, T.R., Litteral, L.A. (eds) Cost Analysis Applications of Economics and Operations Research. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 332. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6384-2_22

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