Strategic War Game - Arctic Response

This study considers alternative scenarios for the Canadian Arctic's future. The best and worst scenarios from environmental, economic and political standpoints, as viewed by Canadian Forces Aerospace Warfare Centre personnel, are then analyzed using Game Theory. The game consists of three play...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Billyard, A. P., Collin, I. A., Hrychuk, H. A.
Other Authors: DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA OTTAWA (ONTARIO) CENTRE FOR OPERATIONAL RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2010
Subjects:
Operations Research
*GAME THEORY
STRATEGIC ANALYSIS
ARCTIC REGIONS
WAR GAMES
AIR FORCE
CANADA
FOREIGN REPORTS
Arctic
Canada
Table Top
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA533237
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA533237
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Summary:This study considers alternative scenarios for the Canadian Arctic's future. The best and worst scenarios from environmental, economic and political standpoints, as viewed by Canadian Forces Aerospace Warfare Centre personnel, are then analyzed using Game Theory. The game consists of three players: the Air Force, the Canadian Government and the Adversary. Possible courses of action are assumed for each of the players, a scoring method is adopted, and the game is executed as a table-top exercise. This yields points of equilibrium from which the range of actions that the Air Force might have to take in the defence of Canada's Arctic are determined. This range of actions should provide the Air Force with a general sense of the degree of effort that might be required in the Arctic in coming years. The original document contains color images.

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