TY - JOUR KW - budgeting KW - defence capa­bilities KW - defence institution building KW - defence policy KW - force structure KW - Gaming KW - long-term defence planning KW - Programming KW - Uncertainty AU - Todor Tagarev AU - Gueorgui Stankov AU - Lozan Bizov AB -

This article describes the approach and the experience of the Defence and Force Management Department at the “G.S. Rakovski” Defence and Staff Col­lege in conducting interactive simulations that support decision making on force structure, force development programs, and the respective allocation of resources. The primary purpose of the simulation is to educate students, mostly senior military and civilian MOD personnel, in the intricacies of defence planning in a changing environment, and to provide ‘hands on’ experience in defence programming and budgeting. In addition, it allows exploring the space of potential policy alternatives, force structuring and programming decisions, thus serving as a powerful decision support

BT - Information & Security: An International Journal DA - 2009 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.11610/isij.2311 IS - 1 LA - eng N2 -

This article describes the approach and the experience of the Defence and Force Management Department at the “G.S. Rakovski” Defence and Staff Col­lege in conducting interactive simulations that support decision making on force structure, force development programs, and the respective allocation of resources. The primary purpose of the simulation is to educate students, mostly senior military and civilian MOD personnel, in the intricacies of defence planning in a changing environment, and to provide ‘hands on’ experience in defence programming and budgeting. In addition, it allows exploring the space of potential policy alternatives, force structuring and programming decisions, thus serving as a powerful decision support

PY - 2009 SP - 129 EP - 140 T2 - Information & Security: An International Journal TI - Interactive Simulations in Support of Decision Making on Defence Resource Allocation VL - 23 ER -