A STOCHASTIC MODEL FOR DISPATCHING GROUNDSUPPORT AIRCRAFT,

Abstract

Ground-support aircraft are dispatched at present according to a deterministic schedule. An investigation is made of a possible stochastic alternative to this, in which the aircraft are dispatched according to an appropriately selected Poisson distribution. The tactical constraint imposed in both cases is that aircraft are to be made available on call if none are on station or en route. An efficiency is defined which measures the relative economy of aircraft required by the two scheduling doctrines. A criterion is suggested, in terms of this efficiency, for indicating when each of the two doctrines should be employed. It is found that under all conditions of practical interest, the deterministic doctrine now in use is superior to the propos d alternative. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 27, 1964
Accession Number
AD0438833

Entities

People

  • Marilyn A. Brown

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Doctrine
  • Efficiency
  • Ground Support
  • Scheduling (Production)

Readers

  • Applied Combinatorial Optimization and Logic Circuit Design.
  • Operations Research
  • Systems Analysis and Design