Toward the Global Optimization Model of Peace Defense

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ID10071724
AuthorsMark Reitman (Mathematics Department, University of Illinois (Urbana), corresponding author)
Year1987
Volume31
Issue3
Pages525-542
Publication date1987-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0022002787031003006
OpenAlexW2060962722
LanguageEN
References cited8

This article proposes and develops a simple model of peace defense for the calculation of the optimal parameters of peace-building activity on different governmental and nongovernmental stages. The hierarchical structure of the model permits the use of different approaches and greater flexibility than existing models allow. At some stages of the model, the optimum criterion is the minimization of the probability of war, or (in a wider range) the “war potential”; at other stages, the criteria are more specific (for example, the minimization of time that is needed to realize the planned disarmament. Several qualitative results are derived from the model, including the formal description of a process of possible replacement of nuclear deterrence as a tool of international stability by the independent peace movement

Deterrence theory · Disarmament · Economics · Epistemology · Flexibility (engineering · Management · Management science · Minification · Nuclear weapon · Operations research · Political science · Process (computing · Simple (philosophy · Stability (learning theory · Computer Science · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law · Mathematics

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