IDA Research Notes - The Welch Award 2014

This issue of IDA Research notes is dedicated to the winner and finalists of IDA’s Larry D. Welch Award for best external publication. Named in honor of IDA former president and U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff, General Larry Welch, the award recognizes individuals who exemplify General Welch’s high standards of analytic excellence through their external publication in peer-reviewed journals or other professional publications, including books and monographs. The articles in this edition are executive summaries of the original published pieces. We have identified and credited the original publication for each article and, where possible, we have included a link or QR code to the full piece.

• Novel Approach for Analyzing Radar Tracking Residuals
• Assessing Security Risks Using the Common Risk Model for Dams
• Case Study on Race-Based Al Qaeda Defections in Mali
• Competitive Contracting in the Services Sector
• Evaluating Highly Heterogeneous Document Collections
• Luminescent Spectral Splitting: A New Approach Toward Constructing High Efficiency Solar Cells
• Progress Toward the African Union Continental Early Warning System