James P. Kahan

Theories of Coalition Formation

First published in 1984. In this book, the authors set forth the central ideas and results of the major theories of coalition forming behavior. These ...

Theory and Methods for Supporting High Level Military Decisionmaking

This report describes an approach to high-level decision support for a Joint Forces Air Component Commander in combat operations or a Chief of Staff i...

Experimental Studies of Bargaining as Analogues of Civil Disputes

This paper reviews recent studies of experimental bargaining, largely conducted in social psychological laboratories, to obtain findings that might pr...

From Flood Control to Integrated Water Resource Management

Lessons for the Gulf Coast from Flooding in Other Places in the Last Sixty Years

The loss of life and devastation in the Gulf coast region of the United States following the hurricane season of 2005 has led to considerable debate a...

Guidelines for Implementing and Evaluating the Portuguese Drug Strategy

This report analyzes Portugal's recently changed national drug strategy, develops recommendations for its implementation, and offers analysis for eval...

Coalition Power and Payoff Disbursement in Three-person Cooperative Games

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Developing Games of Local Drug Policy

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Understanding Commanders' Information Needs

Based on observations of Army group, corps, and division command posts in action over 12 different exercises and on interviews with a variety of milit...

Testing the Effects of Confidence- and Security-building Measures in a Crisis

Two Political-military Games

This report presents the results of two political-military games played at RAND in the spring of 1986 to investigate how possible European confidence-...

A New Methodology for Modeling National Command Level Decisionmaking in War Games and Simulations

This report describes and illustrates a methodology for modeling National Command Level (NCL) decisionmaking in large-scale crisis and conflict involv...

From Flood Control to Integrated Water Resource Management

The loss of life and devastation in the Gulf coast region of the United States following the hurricane season of 2005 has led to considerable debate a...

A Seminar Game to Analyze Regional Governance Options for Portugal

Regionalization in Portugal was a major issue in 1998, as the nation held a referendum on whether to establish administrative regions to assume many t...

Individual Characteristics and Unit Performance

A Review of Research and Methods ; Prepared for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense

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Preventing Venous Thromboembolism

Prophylactic Options for Patients at Different Risk Levels

This report presents a risk assessment model for individual patient prifiling of venous thromboembolism risk. The results of the investigation have be...

Issues in Developing a Resource-based Relative Value Scale for Physician Work

The authors' objective in this study was to establish panel procedures for revising the Medicare Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS). They con...

Postacute Care in Health Maintenance Organizations

Implications for Bundling

Recent structural changes in health care delivery suggest that the formerly distinct managed care and fee-for-service (FFS) sectors are becoming incre...

Implementing the Battle Command Training Program

This report presents the results of a RAND study examining the implementation of the U.S. Army's Battle Command Training Program (BCTP), which consist...