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GAME
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CENTER
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ANALYSES,
ARLINGTON,
VIRGINIA
JANUARY
1976
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GAME
WARDEN
CENTER
FOR
NAVAL
ANALYSES
1401
Wilson
BoulevardArlington. Virginia
22209
Operations
Evaluation
Group
January
1976
By:
VICTORY DANIELS, JUDITH
C.
ERDHEIM
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for public
release;
distribution
unlimited.
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OFFICE
OF
NAVAL
RESEARCH
Department
of
the
Navy
Arlington,
Virginia
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OF
THE
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OF
NAVAL
OPERATIONS
(Op03)
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of
the
Navy
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THE
OPERATIONS EVALUATION
GROUP
OF
THE
CENTER FOR
NAVAL
ANALYSES
The Operations
Evaluation
Group
is
charged
with
increasing
the
pzeacetime
and wartime
effectiveness
of
the.
Navy
through operations
research.
It.
engages
in
studies
dealing
with
current
and,
near-future problems
in
tactics,
strategy,
logistics,
force
composition,
and weapons
employment
OEG
provides
scientific analysts and
field
representatives
to the
divisions
in
thesOffice
of the
Chief
of
Naval
Operations
and-to
operating commands ashore and
at
sea.
OEG,
the Institute
of
Naval
Studies,
the
Naval
Warfare
Analysis
Group,
Marine
CorpsOperations
Analysis
Group,
and
Systems
Evaluation
Group are-the operating
divisions
of
the
Center
for
Naval
Analyses.
CNA
conducts operations
and
systems
research
for the
Chief
of
Naval
Operations,
the
Commandant
of
the
Marine
Corps,
and certain fleet and- force
commanders.
CNA
provides
advice
on
operational problems susceptible
of quantitative
analysis,
including
the
evalu-
ation
of
new
weapons, operational techniques,
tactics, formulations of
new
requirements,
technical
aspects
of
strategic
planning,
and
correlation
of
research
and development programs with
Navy
and
Marine
Corps needs.
OEG
publishes
three
principal
types of
reports
of
its research,
in
addition
;to
many
memoranda of
limited
distribution:
*
A
Study
is a
complete, self-substantiating
analysis
that
provides
the
Navy
wit,
a
quantitative
basis
for executive
decisions or
for
recommendations
to
higher
authority.,
Studies
are
endorsed
by
CNA
and
the
operating
division releasing
the
study,
and
represent
the
point
of
view
held
by CNA
at
the
time
of
issue.
*
A
Summary
Report
is a
resume
of
research originally
published
in
another
form.Summary Reports present
results
only,
without
substantiating-analysis, and
are designed
for
general
information,
*
A
Research
Contribution
may
be
originated
by
any
member of
CNA
when,
in
the
opinion of
the
director
of
the
issuing
division,
the
subject
is
of
interest to workers
in
operations
research
or
in
the
author's
own field. Research
Contributions
are
also issued
to
in-crease
the
availability
of
analytical
work
performed
in
support
of
CNA
research.
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