TY - BOOK ID - 36715230 TI - An Ontology for Unconventional Conflict PY - 2018 SN - 3319753363 3319753371 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Politics and war. KW - Operations research. KW - International relations. KW - Public finance. KW - Information systems. KW - Military and Defence Studies. KW - Operations Research/Decision Theory. KW - International Relations Theory. KW - Public Economics. KW - Information Systems and Communication Service. KW - Coexistence KW - Foreign affairs KW - Foreign policy KW - Foreign relations KW - Global governance KW - Interdependence of nations KW - International affairs KW - Peaceful coexistence KW - World order KW - National security KW - Sovereignty KW - World politics KW - Operational analysis KW - Operational research KW - Industrial engineering KW - Management science KW - Research KW - System theory KW - Cameralistics KW - Public finance KW - Currency question KW - War KW - War and politics KW - Political aspects KW - Public finances KW - Political science. KW - Natural disasters. KW - Natural calamities KW - Disasters KW - Administration KW - Civil government KW - Commonwealth, The KW - Government KW - Political theory KW - Political thought KW - Politics KW - Science, Political KW - Social sciences KW - State, The KW - Decision making. KW - Computers. KW - Automatic computers KW - Automatic data processors KW - Computer hardware KW - Computing machines (Computers) KW - Electronic brains KW - Electronic calculating-machines KW - Electronic computers KW - Hardware, Computer KW - Computer systems KW - Cybernetics KW - Machine theory KW - Calculators KW - Cyberspace KW - Deciding KW - Decision (Psychology) KW - Decision analysis KW - Decision processes KW - Making decisions KW - Management KW - Management decisions KW - Choice (Psychology) KW - Problem solving KW - Decision making UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:36715230 AB - This book describes the ontology structure, types of actors, their potential actions, and ways that actions can affect the things that are part of the conflict. An ontology of unconventional conflict supports the understanding of unconventional conflict in general. It also provides a tool for understanding and investigating a particular unconventional conflict. The ontology specifies the relations among the elements and supports creating a description of a particular situation. Unconventional conflict spans the range from natural disasters through human disagreements to irregular warfare (up to conventional war). Unconventional conflict involves damage to things and injuries to people; however, the critical factors are the actions, reactions, and opinions of people, including political, military, economic, social, infrastructure, and information components. This ontology supports and will appeal to military strategists, political scientists, economists, and politicians in understanding their planning for, and managing of these conflicts. ER -