OPTIMAL ALLOCATION OF PACIFIC FLEET PATROL AIRCRAFT AMONG SELECTED DEPLOYMENT SITES.

Abstract

A methodology is developed which determines the optimal allocation of patrol forces among selected deployment sites. The procedure uses a linear programming algorithm which minimizes a linear cost function, subject to restraining equations representing the total hours available, the relationship between on-station and transit hours, and base loading. A computer program is presented which translates input data into the format required by the IBM Mathematical Programming System/360 for the problem solution. The methodology can be utilized to determine the allocation of forces among selected bases, reallocation of forces when a base or bases must be removed from consideration, and the effect of utilizing additional bases. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0704083

Entities

People

  • Scott Spencer Massey Jr

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Application Software
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Deployment
  • Digital Information
  • Equations
  • Evolutionary Algorithms
  • Heuristic Methods
  • Linear Programming
  • Mathematical Programming
  • Mathematics
  • Patrol Aircraft

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Operations Research