Search for dissertations about: "thesis on military concepts"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 swedish dissertations containing the words thesis on military concepts.

2. 1. Military Operations Planning and Methodology : Thoughts on military problem-solving

   Author : Robert Erdeniz; Till Grüne-Yanoff; Harald Høiback; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Military operations planning; methodology; problem solving; military decision-making; approaches to Operational Art; planning heuristics; AJP 5; COPD.; Filosofi; Philosophy;

   Abstract : This thesis discusses military operations planning and methodology by reviewing two of NATO’s planning documents, i.e. the ‘Allied Joint Doctrine for Operational-Level Planning’ (AJP 5) and the ‘Comprehensive Operations Planning Directive’ (COPD), and defends the following claim. READ MORE

4. 2. Wearable Systems in Harsh Environments : Realizing New Architectural Concepts

   Author : Michel Chedid; Mats Robertsson; Peter Leisner; Jukka Vanhala; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : Wearable System; Wearable Network; DC Power Line Communication; Conductive Textile; Electromagnetic Coupling; Washability; Energy Efficiency; Triboelectric Noise; TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP;

   Abstract : Wearable systems continue to gain new markets by addressing improved performance and lower size, weight and cost. Both civilian and military markets have incorporated wearable technologies to enhance and facilitate user's tasks and activities. READ MORE

5. 3. Fighting for Aid : Foreign Funding and Civil Conflict Intensity

   Author : Daniel Strandow; Magnus Öberg; Michael G. Findley; Kristian Skrede Gleditsch; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Aid; foreign aid; foreign assistance; relief; humanitarian; conflict; civil war; civil conflict; geographic concentration; intra-state; violence; military; contest; low-intensity; guerrilla; irregular; conventional; decision theory; contest success function; geo-coding; geo-referencing; territorial control; propensity score; Africa; South of the Sahara; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

   Abstract : This dissertation focuses on the sub-national impact of foreign aid on civil conflicts by asking the question: How does foreign aid committed to contested areas affect the intensity of violence in those areas? The main theoretical contribution is to focus on how aid influences warring parties’ decisions to engage in contests over territorial control and how that in turn influences violence intensity. The study introduces two concepts: funding concentration and barriers to exploiting aid. READ MORE

6. 4. Bringing power and knowledge together : information systems design for autonomy and control in command work

   Author : Per-Arne Persson; Sture Hägglund; Henrik Eriksson; James M. Nyce; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; ethnographic; army command organizations; military; rationality of practice; design work; autonomy; events-frictions-and power; viable system; freedom of action; Computer science; Datavetenskap;

   Abstract : THIS THESIS PRESENTS an empirical ethnographic study that has been conducted as fieldwork within army command organizations, leading to a qualitative analysis of data. The title of the thesis captures the contents of both command work and research, both domains being affected by new technologies during a period of drastic changes in the military institution. READ MORE

7. 5. Exercising Peace : Conflict Preventionism, Neoliberalism, and the New Military

   Author : Mattias Viktorin; Ulf Hannerz; Gudrun Dahl; Dominic Boyer; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; security; humanitarianism; neoliberalism; intervention; ethics; Social anthropology; Socialantropologi; Social Anthropology; socialantropologi;

   Abstract : This study takes the changing role of the military as a starting point for exploring a set of broader ongoing processes at the intersection of security and humanitarianism. The focus is on one particular assemblage, described here as conflict preventionism. READ MORE