Introduction to "Gaming as a Technique of Analysis"
"Gaming as a Technique of Analysis" was written in 1954 by two researchers at the Rand Corporation, A.M. Mood and R.D. Specht. Presented as part of a symposium on the use and value of war game methods the paper argues for gaming as a strategy for discovering optimal choice within a system of complex possible outcomes. I was asked to write an short introduction to the piece for a forthcoming volume out of North Carolina State. Please do not cite or reproduce without written permission. Download the introduction and paper here.