by Andrew Marshall

Using Business Intelligence to Move the Limits of Military Experience

Abstract Past experience is important as an aid for making good decisions, both for planning and conduct of military operations. But today’s methods for gathering experience have substantial limitations. Assume that a large number of common operational pictures (COPs) from a given command and control information system (C2IS) are saved in a database. By using new in-memory technology originally… Read More

by Andrew Marshall

Encountering the Enemy: Defeat versus Surprise

“To be defeated is pardonable; to be surprised – never!” Napoleon Bonaparte (Maxims of War, 1831) (Kiley, 2005) Reference Kiley, K. (2005) Thumbing through the Napoleonic Wars: The Words of Napoleon and Others Who May Have Influenced His Methods. Available from World Wide Web: http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/napoleon/c_quotes.html. [Accessed: 07 August, 2016].

by Andrew Marshall

Time to Change your Plan?

“It is a bad plan that cannot be altered.” Publilius Syrus(85 BC to 43 BC) was a Latin writer, best known for his Sententiae. He was a Syrian who was brought to Italy as a slave, but by his wit and talent he won the favour of his master, who freed and educated him. Alternatives include:… Read More

by Andrew Marshall

Linking the Law of Probable Dispersion & a Fan!

“Whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed.” Law of Probable Dispersion, sometimes written as: “it doesn’t matter what hits the fan; it won’t be equally redistributed. “ The above is scientifically related to dispersion of light, energy and ballistics; although some co-opt it in regards to the proverbial.