One of the most difficult measurements to obtain with some level of accuracy is military readiness. While a multitude of factors exist that affect the ability of a unit to achieve success in mission, an accurate assessment of readiness is crucial and drives federal funding, defense policy, and deployment decisions. The current readiness metric for the U.S. Army statically assesses units on personnel, equipment on hand, equipment readiness/serviceability, and unit training proficiency using a weakest-link approach. This leads to reporting challenges and the tendency for commanders to subjectively upgrade their units’ assessments. This research proposes a metric that evaluates units with greater precision, flexibility, and robustness. By taking a decision analysis approach and using desirability functions, we are able to measure readiness based on a set of priorities, adapting for type of mission and unit. We test our metric using notional case studies and discuss extensions to other branches of the U.S. mi...

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消除最脆弱的联系方式，以准备部队

在某种程度上要获得的最困难的测量之一是军事准备。尽管存在多种因素会影响部队取得成功任务的能力，但准确评估战备状态至关重要，并会推动联邦拨款，国防政策和部署决策。美国陆军的当前战备指标使用最弱链接方法静态评估人员，手头装备，装备战备/可维修性以及部队训练水平的部队。这导致报告困难，指挥官倾向于主观提升其部队的评估能力。这项研究提出了一种指标，可以以更高的精度，灵活性和鲁棒性来评估单元。通过采取决策分析方法并使用期望函数，我们能够根据一组优先事项来评估准备情况，以适应任务类型和单位的需求。我们使用概念案例研究测试指标，并讨论对美国其他地区分支机构的扩展...