scholarly journals Toward Agent-based Modeling of the U.S. Department of Defense Acquisition System

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 383-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl Schwenn ◽  
John Colombi ◽  
Teresa Wu ◽  
Kyle Oyama ◽  
Alan Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Department Of Defense ◽  
Agent Based Modeling ◽  
Acquisition System ◽  
Defense Acquisition ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
The U.S

scholarly journals Does cost-effectiveness of influenza vaccine choice vary across the U.S.? An agent-based modeling study

Vaccine ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (32) ◽  
pp. 3974-3981 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay V. DePasse ◽  
Mary Patricia Nowalk ◽  
Kenneth J. Smith ◽  
Jonathan M. Raviotta ◽  
Eunha Shim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Influenza Vaccine ◽  
Agent Based Modeling ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Modeling Study

Toward computational net assessment

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-94
Author(s):  
Aaron B Frank
Keyword(s):  
Department Of Defense ◽  
Computational Models ◽  
Agent Based Modeling ◽  
Strategic Analysis ◽  
Computing Technology ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Military Organizations ◽  
Unique Approach ◽  
New Generation

a. In 1973, the Department of Defense (DoD) created the Office of Net Assessment (ONA) with a charter and unique approach to strategic analysis. This approach questioned the suitability of systems analysis to assess long-term, dynamic competition between complex military organizations, and turned to more qualitative methods as analytic alternatives. Developments in computing technology and modeling methods over the last two decades, most notably agent-based modeling (ABM), provide new opportunities to address the central analytic questions that motivated the original development of net assessment as a distinctive practice of strategic analysis. By employing ABM to simulate and analyze the behavior of strategic, adaptive, boundedly rational actors, which have previously frustrated mathematical analysis, a new generation of computational models can provide opportunities to add rigor to net assessment.

scholarly journals Other Transaction Authority: Saint or Sinner for Defense Acquisition?

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (88) ◽  
pp. 106-127
Author(s):  
William Weinig
Keyword(s):  
Department Of Defense ◽  
Acquisition System ◽  
Minimum Level ◽  
Defense Acquisition ◽  
Absolute Minimum ◽  
Defense Contractors ◽  
Policies And Procedures ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Government ◽  
Laws And Regulations

The Department of Defense (DoD) has a powerful tool at its disposal to reach innovative, nontraditional defense contractors and execute rapid, flexible business arrangements with industry. Legislation refers to this tool as Other Transaction Authority. One type of agreement made under this authority is Other Transactions (OT) for prototype projects. These agreements are powerful because they sidestep the vast majority of existing laws and regulations dictating how the government goes about spending money. They carry an absolute minimum level of restrictions and place significant discretion into the hands of the government when spending taxpayer funds. Shall we hail OTs as a savior to a broken acquisition system, or shall we decry them as sinners circumventing a sound set of needed policies and procedures? This article provides an overview and history of OTs as well as examines whether to advocate expansion or seek curtailment of this powerful business instrument.

Impact of contract bundling and consolidation on defense acquisition system and defense industrial base: The case of the u.s. department of the navy

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max V. Kidalov
Keyword(s):  
Acquisition System ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
Defense Acquisition ◽  
Industrial Base ◽  
Defense Contracting ◽  
Business Goals ◽  
Good Government ◽  
Department Of The Navy ◽  
Defense Contracts ◽  
The U.S

Despite Congressional and Presidential emphasis on reducing bundling and consolidation of defense contracts, recent studies cast doubt on whether such practices are problematic for small contractors or the defense acquisition system. Those studies proposed that bundling and consolidation are generally positive tools to procure best value. This paper tests these propositions by examining relevant U.S. Department of the Navy (DON) contracts for Fiscal Year 2010, when Congress reported record bundling and consolidation in U.S. defense contracting. Specifically, the paper looks to performance of Navy and Marine Corps buying commands in meeting small business goals and other good-government objectives such as competition, performance-based acquisitions, preference for commercial suppliers, and support for the U.S. defense industrial base. The paper recommends improvements in targeted good-government practices as measures to reduce bundling and consolidation.

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