NPS professor publishes article in the AAAS journal Science

Modeling armed conflicts

2012-05-18

(Press-News.org) (Monterey, CA) – The work of Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Operations Research Professor Moshe Kress will be featured in the upcoming edition of the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Science Journal, a leading scientific research and news publication. Kress' article, titled "Modeling Armed Conflicts," reviews quantitative approaches to modeling military operations, threat situations, and force structure. The piece reviews historical, classical, present and future armed conflict models, including the dynamics of today's insurgencies.

Kress has written four books and 75 journal papers in his career. He has twice been awarded the Koopman Prize for military operations research and the 2009 MOR Journal Award. Prior to joining NPS, Dr. Kress was a senior analyst at the Center for Military Analyses in Israel, and an adjunct professor at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. His current research interests include counter-insurgency modeling, sensor deployment and operations, homeland security problems, and models of unmanned aerial vehicles.

He believes this article is an opportunity to present to the public the scientific side of military and defense affairs. "To the best of my knowledge, this is the first military or defense operations research article published by Science," said Kress. "I am honored to have this distinction and hope my article helps usher in additional operations research contributions to this journal."

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About the American Association for the Advancement of Science

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is an international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing science around the world by serving as an educator, leader, spokesperson and professional association. In addition to organizing membership activities, AAAS publishes the journal Science, as well as many scientific newsletters, books and reports, and spearheads programs that raise the bar of understanding for science worldwide.

About the Naval Postgraduate School

The mission of the Naval Postgraduate School is to enhance United States national security through graduate, executive and professional education programs focusing on the unique needs of military leaders, with research and advanced studies directed towards the needs of the Navy and Department of Defense. NPS students come from all United States services and the services of nearly 60 countries. For additional information, see http://www.nps.edu.

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