Combining regression and mixed-integer programming to model counterinsurgency

DOI10.1007/S10479-019-03420-XMaRDI QIDQ827117zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Marvin L. King, David R. Galbreath, Alexandra M. Newman, Amanda S. Hering

Publication date 6 January 2021

Published in Annals of Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-019-03420-x

zbMATH Keywords

optimizationregressionconflict resolutionmixed-integer programcounterinsurgent

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History, political science (91F10) Applications of statistics to social sciences (62P25) Mixed integer programming (90C11)

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• Confronting entrenched insurgents
• Insurgency and small wars: estimation of unobserved coalition structures
• Counter insurgency operations a mathematical modelling approach.

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Uses Software

• CPLEX
• AMPL
• R

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