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Activity Number: 405
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 6, 2008 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Section on Statisticians in Defense and National Security
Abstract - #300516
Title: Importance in the Developing Countries of Statistics in Sector Security and Defence Policy
Author(s): Jhoner L. Perdomo, V*+
Companies: Universidad Central de Venezuela
Address: Student Center Research EECA, School Statistics, Caracas, International, 1010, Venezuela
Keywords: Statistics Military ; Statistical Security, Peace and Defense
Abstract:

The approach in this research arises because of the need to have these tools in developing countries and the historical background documentaries serving of arguments to highlight the importance of its application in the field of public security and national defence. It is a work of historical research as a that documentary tells as the statistic has contributed and has been implemented for several historical processes relevant to mankind. It discusses among many, the two most important cases of the great strategists Sun Tzu and Clausewitz, highlighting their usefulness and including statistics in his classic books of War, The Art of War, and The War, respectively.


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