Vojenské Rozhledy

Czech Military Review

Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 1/2025, Vol. XXXIV. (LXVI.): 85-103

Application of Decision-Making Support Model in the Operations Planning Process at the Tactical LevelReviewed

Marko Radovanović Author profile1, Miša Živković Author profileORCID...1, Marko Crnogorac Author profileORCID...2
1 Military Academy, University of Defense, Belgrade, Serbia
2 Serbian Armed Forces, Serbia

The paper is focused on research of military operations planning with the purpose of defining an efficient decision-making model at the tactical level for brigade-level offensive operation. Suggested model applies methods of multi-criteria decision-making – DIBR II (Defining Interrelationships Between Ranked Criteria II) and EDAS (Evaluation based on Distance from Average Solution) in order to decrease subjectivity while evaluating and ranking criteria, but also to select the most optimal course of action (COA). DIBR II method is used for the evaluation and determination of criteria coefficients, while the EDAS method enables choice between the

most optimal COA. Application of simple and effective methods of multi - criteria decision - making accelerates the planning process and enables commanding officer to make optimal troop employment decision in a given operation.

Keywords: Course of Action; Decision-Making; DIBR II (Defining Interrelationships Between Ranked Criteria II); EDAS (Evaluation based on Distance from Average Solution); Operations Planning.

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