NATO

1 July 2011 Alex Ryan

Applications of Complex Systems to Operational Design

Author: Alex Ryan Abstract: Simon distinguished between the declarative logic of the natural sciences, concerned…

3 June 2011 Alex Ryan

adaptive campaigning

best practice

Canadian Armed Forces

complex systems theory

NATO

Researcher

Military Applications of Complex Systems

Author: Alex Ryan Abstract: This chapter presents the science of complex systems that had a significant…

19 May 2011 Ben Zweibelson

Army design methodology

Design

General Systems Theory

Integrated planning

NATO

Organizational theory

Researcher

System of logic

US Armed Forces

Incompatible Systems of Logic: Why Design Should Integrate the Mechanistic, Reductionist, and Linear Logic of Military Detailed Planning

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1 May 2011 Ben Zweibelson

To Design or Not to Design: In Conclusion

Author: Ben Zweibelson Introduction Excerpt: Is Design a necessary methodology for the U.S. Army? By codifying…

15 April 2011 Ben Zweibelson

To Design or Not to Design (Part Five): Doctrine and Design: How Analogies and Design Theory Resist the Military Ritual of Codification

Author: Ben Zweibelson Editor’s Note: This essay is part five of a six part series on…

5 April 2011 Ben Zweibelson

complex systems theory

Design doctrine

Design methodology

Linear vs. non-linear systems

To Design or Not to Design (Part 4): Taking Lines out of Non-Linear; How Design Must Escape ‘Tacticization’ Bias of Military Culture

Author: Ben Zweibelson Editor’s Note: This essay is part four of a six part series on design.…