Accession Number:

ADA017755

Title:

Computers and Strategic Advantage: III. Games, Computer Technology, and a Strategic Power Ratio

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA

Personal Author(s):

• Paxson, E. W.

Report Date:

1975-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

54.0

Abstract:

This is one of a series of reports that examine the nature and impact of U.S. computer technology relative to that of the Soviet Union, and the military advantages that the United States may be able to achieve through applications of advanced computer technology. This particular report presents a model for measuring the cost to both sides to realize in the future various U.S. to S.U. strategic power ratios, in terms of the percentages of strategic forces that would need to be modernized, given different relative military technology levels. A numerical run of the model shows that increases in the Soviet growth rate in computer technology beyond the historical rate can have significant implications for the required modernization of U.S. forces if a desired strategic power ratio is to be maintained.

Descriptors:

• *COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
• *GAME THEORY
• *INTERNATIONAL TRADE
• *MILITARY APPLICATIONS
• COMPARISON
• DECISION MAKING
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
• UNITED STATES
• USSR

Subject Categories:

• Economics and Cost Analysis
• Operations Research
• Computer Hardware
• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE