A Comparison of Selected Scheduling Heuristics for a TAC F-4E Maintenance Organization.

Abstract

Scheduling of activities in simple and complex environments has been a subject of active research for many years. The USAF has actively supported such research in its continuing efforts to determine the impact of scheduling effectiveness on mission capability. The recent validation and availability of the Logistics Composite Model (L-COM) made it possible to test selected scheduling heuristics in the dynamic maintenance environment of a TAC F-4E squadron. Five heuristics were formulated, inserted into the model, and allowed to operate during simulation. Results of the simulation indicated that the selected heuristics did impact mission capability, that rank ordering occurred between them, and that there was a statistically significant difference between the worst and the best heuristic (88.15% to 91.57% sortie effectiveness).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA032327

Entities

People

  • Richard F. Glad
  • Robert T. Pierce

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Maintenance
  • Aircrafts
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Computer Programming
  • Data Mining
  • Data Science
  • Electronic Components
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Management Personnel
  • Manpower Utilization
  • Operations Research
  • Systems Engineering
  • United States

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  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.