A HEURISTIC SCHEDULING AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION MODEL FOR EVALUATING ALTERNATIVE WEAPON SYSTEM PROGRAMS,

Abstract

The paper gives a description of a model designed to help decision makers more realistically appraise the scheduling implications of alternative weapon system programs. SPARTAN, a computer model programmed in FORTRAN IV, is specially designed to address the problem of evaluating alternative weapon system proposals given limited resources. Heuristics or scheduling rules modify the basic computer program to increase the utilization of available resources or shorten the length of the schedule. Results from a test case indicate that a resource-constrained model can yield more realistic costs and completion dates, as well as different choices among development strategies, than a model that assumes unlimited resources.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0695441

Entities

People

  • Jerome D. Wiest

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Scheduling (Production)
  • System Software
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Operations Research
  • Systems Analysis and Design