<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The process used to determine site suitability for military base camps lacks a formal framework for reducing relative risks to soldier safety and maximise mission effectiveness. Presently, military personnel responsible for determining site suitability of a base camp must assess large amounts of geographic, socioeconomic and logistical data, without a decision analysis framework to aid in the process. By adopting a multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) framework to determine site suitability of base camps, battlespace commanders can make better, more defensible decisions. This paper surveys US Army officers with recent base camp experience to develop a set of initial criteria and weights relevant to base camp site selection. The developed decision framework is demonstrated using an MCDA methodology in an illustrative example to compare alternative base camp locations within a designated Area of Interest (AoI). Leveraging the site ranking output and/or criteria weights resulting from the methodology provides decision-making support that can be used in the field when time, resources and data may not be readily available.</p></abstract>

The process used to determine site suitability for military base camps lacks a formal framework for reducing relative risks to soldier safety and maximise mission effectiveness. Presently, military personnel responsible for determining site suitability of a base camp must assess large amounts of geographic, socioeconomic and logistical data, without a decision analysis framework to aid in the process. By adopting a multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) framework to determine site suitability of base camps, battlespace commanders can make better, more defensible decisions. This paper surveys US Army officers with recent base camp experience to develop a set of initial criteria and weights relevant to base camp site selection. The developed decision framework is demonstrated using an MCDA methodology in an illustrative example to compare alternative base camp locations within a designated Area of Interest (AoI). Leveraging the site ranking output and/or criteria weights resulting from the methodology provides decision-making support that can be used in the field when time, resources and data may not be readily available.

Siting military base camps through an MCDA framework

Journal of Military Studies

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The process used to determine site suitability for military base camps lacks a formal framework for reducing relative risks to soldier safety and maximise...

Siting military base camps through an MCDA framework

Article Category: Original study

Published Online: Oct 01, 2021

Page range: -

Received: Feb 01, 2018

Accepted: Jul 10, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jms-2021-0011

Keywords
military, base camps, siting, MCDA, risk, decision analysis

© 2021 Jeffrey C. Cegan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Siting military base camps through an MCDA framework

Article Category: Original study

Published Online: Oct 01, 2021

Page range: -

Received: Feb 01, 2018

Accepted: Jul 10, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jms-2021-0011

Keywordsmilitary, base camps, siting, MCDA, risk, decision analysis

© 2021 Jeffrey C. Cegan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
military, base camps, siting, MCDA, risk, decision analysis