Remembering Dr. N.K. Jaiswal - who passed away in January 1999 - He was director of the DRDO lab ISSA at Delhi from 1983-1997 - He was one of the great researchers India produced in Operations Research - His book Military Operations Research is perhaps the only such text available - Yet our defence planners/ Military organizations / Think tanks hardly have the patience or understanding to utilize his book. A pity! My review of the book at Amazon (I was involved in writing of about 6 chapters of this book, the book also inspired me to write my own book ) This book is by far the only book that comprehensively deals with Military Operations Research (MOR). The OR/SA field despite its origins in Military Operations has not seen as many books and texts as the business OR or Theory of OR. This can be attributed to the confidential nature of work the practitioners of MOR carry out. The book by Dr Jaiswal fills a huge gap by covering major areas of MOR field. What is really appreciable about this book is that the author covers areas such as analytical modeling, simulation, wargames to complex theories of Combat Modeling as reflected in two chapters on Lanchester Theory. However the icing on the cake are the chapters on Strategic Decision Making and Threat analysis. The coverage is comprehensive and remarkably lucid. To include so much variation and to control the overflow that normally happens to knowledgable authors, Dr Jaiswal is able to give us a book that will serve the cause of MOR field for years to come. The book has already shown its importance and is already on its way to becoming a classic, as exemplified by adoption of the book in various universities teaching MOR around the world. This reviewer salutes the author for coming out with an excellent text which fills up a yawning gap in the field. amazon/Military-Operations-Research-Quantitative-International/dp/0792398580/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1386152090&sr=8-1&keywords=Military+Operations+Research
Posted on: Wed, 04 Dec 2013 10:24:37 +0000
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