Decision Matrix as a Tool for Substantiating Options to Ensure Sufficient National Defense Capacity
Abstract
Purpose. highlight the results of a numerical experiment on decision-making in defence resource management. This allows for a comprehensive assessment of the current state of defence sufficiency, identifying weaknesses and proposing ways to address them effectively.
Method. Analysis, synthesis, comparison, formalization and evaluation of the material, abstraction and conjunctural analysis (thinking).
Findings. The creation of a scientifically based tool (the Decision Matrix) to support management decisions and ensure the defence sufficiency of the state. This tool allows critical weaknesses to be assessed, priority areas of development to be identified, and specific management scenarios to be proposed in order to increase the level of defence sufficiency by concentrating resources on the most vulnerable areas of the national economy.
Theoretical implications. The results of the study can be used to improve theoretical approaches to the formation of a system of criteria and indicators of the state’s defence sufficiency and optimisation of strategic management of defence resources in the context of hybrid threats.
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