Analytics and Modern Warfare Dominance by the Numbers

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10.1057/9781137407870 - Analytics and Modern Warfare, Michael Taillard

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Analytics and Modern Warfare

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10.1057/9781137407870 - Analytics and Modern Warfare, Michael Taillard

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Copyright © Michael Taillard, 2014. First published in 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—­a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–1–137–39563–4 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Taillard, Michael, 1982–    Analytics and modern warfare : dominance by the numbers / Michael Taillard.     pages cm    Includes bibliographical references and index.    ISBN 978–1–137–39563–4 (hardback)    1. Military art and science—Forecasting. 2. Mathematical statistics. I. Title. U163.T35 2014 355.0201951—dc23

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List of Figures and Tables

vii

Preface

ix

Acknowledgments

xiii

Introduction

1 Part I  Descriptive Analytics

Chapter 1

Descriptive Statistics

11

Chapter 2

Modeling

23

Chapter 3

Comparative Assessments

37

Chapter 4

Data Diagnostics

47

Chapter 5

Challenges and Limitations

61

Chapter 6

Suggestions for Future Research

65

Part II  Predictive Analytics Chapter 7

Probability Modeling

73

Chapter 8

Correlative and Regression Analyses

83

Chapter 9

Geospatial Intelligence

93

Chapter 10 Challenges and Limitations

103

Chapter 11 Sugg