Munitions Support for Tactical Air Operations: Tactical Resources and Combat Effectiveness (TRACE) Model,

Abstract

The report describes the assumptions and methodology of the TRACE model, and also serves as a user's manual. TRACE is a one-sided expected-value model that simulates the allocation and consumption of resources from a set of airbases in a combat environment; output is in terms of targets destroyed, aircraft lost, and munitions consumed. TRACE is structured so that sortie allocation policies, munitions availability (through prepositioned stocks at the airbases or through resupply), force activity rates, weather, and weather forecasting ability are easily varied by the user.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1973
Accession Number
ADA017311

Entities

People

  • Donald E. Lewis
  • Gary F. Mills
  • Kathleen Harris

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Availability
  • Combat Effectiveness
  • Delphi Method
  • Environment
  • Munitions
  • Munitions Testing
  • Test Methods
  • Warfare
  • Weather Forecasting

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.