PHALANX Online December 2000 Volume 33 Number 4
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Table of Contents
- The First Word
- Announcements
- MORSS News
- President's Corner
- From the Archives
- Highlights From the Printed Edition
- Lead Article
- The Last Word
Feedback
THE FIRST WORD
The Changing of the PHALANX Guard -- Dr
Julian Palmore recently announced he is stepping down as PHALANX
editor and relenquishing the reins to Paul West after the December
edition. First, I would like to extend a sincere welcome to Paul. I am looking
forward to collaborating with him as he leads PHALANX into the next
millennium. For Julian, I have nothing but praise and admiration. My first
association with Dr Palmore came when he recruited me for the lead article for
the December 1995 edition. That alone was not sufficient as Dr Palmore once
again came calling in 1998 when he came up with the idea of creating PHALANX
ONLINE. Our professional association was furthered fortified while serving
together as MORS Directors, where Julian succeeded me as Vice President for
Professional Affairs. We are deeply indebted to Dr Palmore for the successful
effort and personal dedication as our editor. While Jack Walker, FS took
PHALANX from a newsletter to a professional quarterly bulletin, Dr
Palmore has taken PHALANX to a higher level. His focus on quality and
technical content has turned PHALANX into the highly sought after
professional journal that it has become--a standard for a professional
organization.
Lee Dick, PHXOE
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Professional Interchange
Before going on, you might want to skip down and read what MORS President Roy Rice has to say about Professional Interchange. Then be sure to check the PHALANX Log before you leave and read Gene Visco's feedback on local chapters. Before you leave the Log, take a minute to add your 2 cents by either continuing the thread that Gene has started or jumping in with your own opinion regarding a MORS/MAS topic.
Upcoming MORS Workshop Chemical-Biological Weapons of Mass Destruction: Understanding the Problem
The Military Operations Research Society has organized a workshop entitled "Chemical-Biological Weapons of Mass Destruction: Understanding the Problem. " The goal of this workshop is to develop a comprehensive and improved understanding of the Chemical-Biological WMD analysis problem confronting the United States at home and abroad and to assess the military operations research community's capabilities to support military and civil CB WMD defense, crisis response, and consequence management efforts. For further discussion of the workshop, please refer to the meetings section of the the MORS website: http://www.mors.org/meetings.htm and follow the link to this meeting under upcoming meetings. This workshop will be held 30 January - 1 February at Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, Virginia and requires a Secret clearance.
NOMINATION PERIOD EXTENDED TO DEC. 15 FOR '00 DOD M&S AWARDs
By Sherrel Mock
DMSO Public Affairs
The nomination period for the 2000 Department of Defense (DoD) Modeling and
Simulation (M&S) Awards has been extended to Dec. 15. Awards will be
presented May 30 during the 10th annual DMSO Industry Days.
PLEASE NOTE: DoD and Industry will submit to different locations. Detailed
nomination procedures and forms for government nominees are available on the
DMSO Web site at: http://www.dmso.mil/awards/
Industry applicants should go to the NTSA Web site at: http://www.ndia.org/forms/ntsa/nomform.htm
Awards will be presented in four categories for accomplishments during Fiscal
Year 2000 Oct. 1, 1999 through Sept. 30. A winner -- individual, team or
organization -- will be selected in each category. The first three categories
consist of the M&S functional areas -- training, analysis and acquisition.
The fourth category, a cross-functional area, considers those broader endeavors
that impact two or more of the functional areas.
The awards program, now in its third year, was initiated by the DMSO in 1998 to
enhance M&S awareness throughout the DoD, and to recognize excellence,
innovation and achievement in advancing the "state of the art" of
M&S and/or in contributing to interoperability and reuse in support of DoD
M&S objectives. This includes, but is not limited to, the development of
standards and architectures; techniques and tools; synthetic environments; and
new military applications. All units, organizational elements and individuals
-- both civilian employees and active duty service members -- of the DoD
Components that are involved with the development and/or use of M&S are
eligible.
For a list of the FY98 and FY99 award winners visit: http://www.dmso.mil/awards/ For more
information about the M&S awards program contact:
Larry Alexander
M&S Awards Project Lead
(703) 824-3404
lalex@.dmso.mil
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MORSS NEWS
President's Corner
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From the Archives
Did you know that on two occasions MORS and MAS published separate newletters? Although there was some degree of repetition, the MORS PHALANX tended to focus on MORS events, with announcements of MAS/ORSA events while the MAS PHALANX was just the converse. The first dual PHALANX occurred exactly 25 years ago. The MORS version is contained below in the PDF file.
HIGHLIGHTS
From The Printed Edition
Network
Centric Warfare: An Overview of Emerging Theory by John Gartska, the lead article by for the
December printed edition, follows up on the C4ISR Workshop and is also featured
below.
In Influence
Net Modeling for Strategic Planning: A Structured Approach to Information
Operations, Dr Julie Rosen and Wayne Smith, SAIC, further
explore their approach to investigating the human decision cycle as they
discuss the Influence Net model.
Professor
Alexander H. Levis, C3I Center, George Mason University, describes an
approach to carry out in near real time, trade-off analyses of alternative Courses
of Action (COAs) for Information Operations.
LT John
McGunnigle, USN, and Professor Wayne Hughes, FS, and Professor Tom
Lucas , Naval Postgraduate School, summarize the results of controlled
human experiments that address how military officers and Department of Defense
analysts use information and perceive its value in a simple contest in their
paper entitled Human Experiments on the Values of Information and Force
Advantage
Dr Greg
Parnell and Maj Barry Ezell, USMA, Drs Yacov Hamies and James
Lambert, University of Virginia, and Drs Kent Schlussel and Mark
Sulcoski, National Grounds Intelligence Center, discuss their findings and
plans for future research in the paper Designing a OOTW Knowledge Hierarchy
for a OOTW Decision Support System for Military Planners
From
the Combat Analysis Department, Brian McCue recalls classic military OR
in Operational Search Rate -- The Quintessential MOE.
Gene
Visco, FS, and Brian Engler
report on the 17th ISMOR.
Reiner
Huber, University of the Federal
Armed Forces Munich, delivers memorial address at 17th ISMOR in honor of NATO
Operations Analyst and ISMOR founder Professor Ronnie Shephard.
In Veeps
Peeps, VPPA Ted Smyth also recognizes the contributions of Dr Julian
Palmore, welcomes Paul West as the new PHALANX editor, and
summarizes the activities of his committees.
ONLINE FEATURE ARTICLE
THE LAST WORD
The Last Word - Thanks and Pressing
Ahead
by Julian Palmore
PHALANX Editor
This is truly my last word as PHALANX
Editor. I want to thank several people for their support of MORS publications
during my time as editor. First is Corrina Ross Witkowski without whose
daily efforts as Communications Manager no MORS publication would appear.
Corrina was particular important in bringing to closure many details for the
special issue of Military Operations Research on Warfare Analysis and
Complexity - the New Sciences. She masterfully managed the publication process
for both PHALANX and MOR since her start at MORS in 1997.
Secondly, I want to thank Dick Wiles, Natalie Kelly, Bob
Sheldon, Jerry Kotchka, Fred Hartman and Chris Fossett,
FS for their support, encouragement and involvement in PHALANX when it counted
most. Thirdly, I want to thank the MORS office Cynthia Kee LaFreniere, Jarvey
Nelson, Christine Parnell and Michael Cronin who have
contributed much over the years to the publication of MORS proceedings,
Heritage books and Societal materials. I now look forward to pressing ahead
with new MORS endeavors including the first special meeting of the new
millennium on Weapons of Mass Destruction in January 2001.