Robert W. Button

Defense Resource Planning Under Uncertainty

An Application of Robust Decision Making to Munitions Mix Planning

Defense planning faces significant uncertainties. This report applies robust decision making (RDM) to the munitions mix challenge, to demonstrate how ...

Domestic Trends in the United States, China, and Iran

Implications for U.S. Navy Strategic Planning

The U.S. Navy faces uncertainty about the degree to which it will have to prepare for a high-end future conflict versus the so-called Long War. To hel...

Small Ships in Theater Security Cooperation

The authors evaluate the use of small ships in theater security cooperation (TSC). They provide the U.S. Navy with a concept of operation for small sh...

Evaluating Novel Threats to the Homeland

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Cruise Missiles

Changes in technology and adversary behavior will invariably produce new threats that must be assessed by defense and homeland security planners. An e...

United States Navy Employment Options for Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs)

This report assesses in what ways and to what degree unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) are suitable for supporting U.S. Navy missions and functions. It...

Deterrence in the Age of Thinking Machines

The greater use of artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous systems by the militaries of the world has the potential to affect deterrence strategie...

Domestic Trends in the United States, China, and Iran

The U.S. Navy faces uncertainty about the degree to which it will have to prepare for a high-end future conflict versus the so-called Long War. To hel...

Some Fundamental Results in Non-standard Topology

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U.S. Navy Employment Options for Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs)

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