Research Memoranda

Dec 1, 1996

The 1958 Taiwan Straits Crisis: A Documented History

Presents a comprehensive and detailed account of the 1958 military action between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China over the offshore island of Quemoy and describes the U.S. role in the crisis.

Morton H. Halperin
Jan 1, 1972

The SIMSCRIPT II Programming Language: IBM 360 Implementation

Updated information on the implementation of SIMSCRIPT II on Rand's360/65 computer, with directions for use, helpful hints for programmers, a listing of messages produced during compilation and during execution, and a listing of the new improved...

Philip J. Kiviat, Donald W. Kosy, Herb Shukiar, J. B. Urman, R. Villanueva
Jan 1, 1971

Some Models of Racial Discrimination in the Labor Market

Part of a RAND study on the measurement of racial discrimination in the economic sphere.

Kenneth Arrow
Jan 1, 1971

Planning Public Expenditures on Mental Health Service Delivery

An economic analysis of mental health services, especially community centers, prepared for New York City policymakers' use.

Frank A. Sloan
Jan 1, 1971

The role of prototypes in development

Addresses the choice between two general approaches to developing aircraft, the development-production approach and the prototype approach. The former calls for early financial commitments, and concentrates resources on getting the components into pr...

Burton H. Klein, Thomas K. Glennan, Jr., Gustave H. Shubert
Jan 1, 1971

Soviet Cybernetics Review, Volume 4, No. 10, 1970 (Index)

A set of indexes to the 1970 issues of [Soviet Cybernetics Review], and a bibliography with abstracts of 18 other RAND publications in the field.

Wade B. Holland
Dec 1, 1970

Predicting Insurgent and Governmental Decisions: The Power Bloc Model

Model for assessing decisionmaking situations of governmental and quasi-governmental processes.

William M. Jones
Aug 1, 1970

The Sino-Soviet Border Dispute: Background, Development, and the March 1969 Clashes

This study details the two military clashes at Damansky Island in March 1969, examines plausible reasons for their occurrence, and sets them in the context of Soviet and Chinese foreign policy and domestic politics.

Thomas W. Robinson
Jun 1, 1970

Probabilistic Forecasts and Reproducing Scoring Systems

Discusses ways to exploit in probabilistic terms the judgment of experts on political, economic, or military problems — frequently the best information available.

Thomas A. Brown
Mar 1, 1970

The Delphi Method, IV: Effect of Percentile Feedback and Feed-In of Relevant Facts

An investigation of the effect on group accuracy of two variations in the Delphi procedures.

Norman Crolee Dalkey, Bernice B. Brown, S. W. Cochran
Jan 1, 1970

Measuring Price and Productivity Change in the Aircraft Industry.

Examination of the problems and issues involved in estimating price and productivity change in the aircraft industry. Price indexes are derived by using pounds of airframe weight as the measure of output for aircraft and parts and pounds of thrust f...

J. A. Dei Rossi
Jan 1, 1970

Game Theory and Politics: Recent Soviet Views

Reports research done in 1967 and 1968 on Soviet attempts to apply game theory to international politics.

Thomas W. Robinson

Research Memoranda

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The 1958 Taiwan Straits Crisis: A Documented History

The SIMSCRIPT II Programming Language: IBM 360 Implementation

Some Models of Racial Discrimination in the Labor Market

Planning Public Expenditures on Mental Health Service Delivery

The role of prototypes in development

Soviet Cybernetics Review, Volume 4, No. 10, 1970 (Index)

Predicting Insurgent and Governmental Decisions: The Power Bloc Model

The Sino-Soviet Border Dispute: Background, Development, and the March 1969 Clashes

Probabilistic Forecasts and Reproducing Scoring Systems

The Delphi Method, IV: Effect of Percentile Feedback and Feed-In of Relevant Facts

Measuring Price and Productivity Change in the Aircraft Industry.

Game Theory and Politics: Recent Soviet Views

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The 1958 Taiwan Straits Crisis: A Documented History

The SIMSCRIPT II Programming Language: IBM 360 Implementation

Some Models of Racial Discrimination in the Labor Market

Planning Public Expenditures on Mental Health Service Delivery

The role of prototypes in development

Soviet Cybernetics Review, Volume 4, No. 10, 1970 (Index)

Predicting Insurgent and Governmental Decisions: The Power Bloc Model

The Sino-Soviet Border Dispute: Background, Development, and the March 1969 Clashes

Probabilistic Forecasts and Reproducing Scoring Systems

The Delphi Method, IV: Effect of Percentile Feedback and Feed-In of Relevant Facts

Measuring Price and Productivity Change in the Aircraft Industry.

Game Theory and Politics: Recent Soviet Views

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