Using Discrete Event Simulation To Analyze Personnel Requirements For The Malaysian Armys New Utility Helicopter Fleet

Abstract

This thesis describes the analysis used to determine personnel requirements for the Malaysian Armys S61A-4 utility helicopter fleet. We use discrete-event simulation (DES) to model maintenance activities in the Malaysian Army Aviation (MAA) fleet in order to evaluate the impact of maintenance crew resources on helicopter availability. Our model simulates the normal daily operating activities in the MAA environment and includes the size of the fleet, fleet flying operations, and maintenance activities including daily inspection, rectification, and scheduled maintenance. A ranking and selection (R and S) method is used to select the best system or a subset that contains the best system design from the competing alternatives. The outputs of this paper provide the Malaysian Army Human Resource department an ability to allocate the appropriate number of personnel for the new fleet.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1026728

Entities

People

  • Hasnan Bin Mohamad Rais

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Algorithms
  • Army Aviation
  • Computer Programs
  • Employment
  • Engineering
  • Experimental Design
  • Helicopters
  • Human Resources
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Personnel
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Probability
  • Simulations

Fields of Study

  • Business

Readers

  • Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis