Using Response Surface Methodology to Link Force Structure Budgets to Campaign Objectives

Effective and timely execution of the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Program Objective Memorandum (POM) and Joint Warfare Capability Assessment (JWCA) process requires objective measures of how Air Force programs support the Defense Planning Guidance (DPG) and the Chairman’s Program Assessment (CPA). Using Factor Analysis (FA) and Response Surface Methodology (RSM), this paper presents a modeling approach that provides metrics which link expenditures to campaign level measures of outcome. Specifically, various alternative force structures are evaluated with regard to their combat capability as measured in terms of theater level campaign objectives (CO).

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1997
• Where: WSC
• Authors: James B. Grier, T. Glenn Bailey, Jack A. Jackson
• Keywords: Defense Planning Guidance, Modeling And Simulation, Program Objective Memorandum, Warfare Capability Assessment, WSC 1997