期刊名称:Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation
印刷版ISSN:1460-7425
出版年度:2017
卷号:20
期号:4
页码:1-25
DOI:10.18564/jasss.3540
出版社:University of Surrey, Department of Sociology
摘要:Responses to insurgency include both a large-scale societal reform directed at improving the lives of civilians and a direct military response with no additional programs to improve civilian welfare. In this paper, we ask, what is the optimal combination of aid and military response from the viewpoint of the state? Using a computational model, we evaluate what mix of these two strategies helps the government defeat an insurgency more quickly. Our model yields that aid may boost a military strategy that avoids civilian casualties, but it may not compensate for a military strategy that targets civilians indiscriminately.
关键词:Counterinsurgency; Insurgency; Attrition; Military Approach; Hearts and Minds; Aid