Allocation of Spares and Repair Resources to a Multi-Component System,

Abstract

The report considers a military or commercial activity that operates a fleet of end items, say aircraft, and an internal repair capability to maintain this fleet. One assumes each end item consists of possibly several units, which in turn consist of several subunits, etc. An analytical model is developed to predict the impact of sparing and repair resource investment decisions for each subunit upon end item availability. An optimization procedure that combines dynamic programming and Everett's generalized Lagrange multiplier techniques is then developed to determine optimum allocations of investment to the total system for a range of investment targets. System cost-effectiveness curves are one product of this procedure. Results of preliminary computational experience are also reported. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0717710

Entities

People

  • W. Steven Demmy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Availability
  • Computer Programming
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Costs
  • Dynamic Programming
  • End Items
  • Investments
  • Mathematical Programming
  • Optimization

Readers

  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Operations Research
  • Theoretical Analysis.