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Enthoven

Does blackboard economics translate to defense decisions?

October 14, 2021 Eric Lofgren 0

Here’s an indication of the kind of thinking that predominated the post-WWII world, as expressed by Alain Enthoven who was ASD Systems Analysis in 1966: […]

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Solving defense problems with Sophomore economics

February 15, 2019 Eric Lofgren 0

Some confusion appears to exist about the relationship between quantitative analysis and subjective judgment in the practice of systems analysis. Partly responsible is the improper […]

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