Open AccessOn Adaptation in Military Operations: Tinkering and Bottom–Up Perspectives
Author(s) -
Zoltán Jobbágy
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
academic and applied research in military and public management science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2786-0744
pISSN - 2498-5392
DOI - 10.32565/aarms.2014.3.1
Subject(s) - novelty , adaptation (eye) , determinism , diversity (politics) , computer science , perspective (graphical) , operations research , management science , engineering , epistemology , artificial intelligence , psychology , political science , law , social psychology , philosophy , neuroscience
A biological perspective has much to offer for a better understanding of military operations. Biological evolution and military operations feature perpetual novelty and conditions far from equilibrium featuring dynamics that demand continuous adaptation. The author suggests that comprehending military operations in an evolutionary framework requires a shift from mechanics and engineering to biology and adaptation. Thus the emphasis moves from statics to dynamics, from time–free to time–prone reality, from determinism to probability and chance, and from uni- formity to variation and diversity, with all the consequences.