Gebundenes Buch

Operations Research for Unmanned Systems

Beschreibung

This is the first edited volume addressing analysis for unmanned vehicles and its focus is operations research ( how things should be used ), rather than engineering ( how things should be built ).

Autor

Jeffrey Cares is an author, entrepreneur and thought-leader in military innovation.  He consults to the most senior levels of the international defense industry and is a leading researcher in collective robotics and networked warfare. He lectures internationally at senior service colleges on the future of combat, and he develops and conducts military and business war games. Harvard Business Review selected Jeff's research to the Top 20 list of "Breakthrough Ideas for 2006," and he has been featured in such Information Age bellwethers as Wired and Fast Company. A combat veteran of the first Gulf War, Jeff's military career included multiple command tours, over a decade of service on four-star staffs, service in the Pentagon and all Fleet Headquarters, and joint and combined operations worldwide. He is a retired Navy Captain. John Dickmann, Jr is a retired U.S. Navy submarine officer. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, he served on active duty for 22 years in both attack and ballistic missile submarines, with shore assignments in both technical and policy organizations. Following his Navy career, he attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, earning a Ph.D. in Engineering Systems. His research focuses on architectures of complex socio-technical systems, emphasizing operational flexibility. He has conducted studies and analysis for the Naval Sea Systems Command, DARPA, the Office of the Secretary of Defense and numerous commercial customers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 175mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 674g
• ISBN-13: 9781118918944
• ISBN-10: 1118918940
• Artikelnr.: 44030208