Rule-Based Modeling as an Analysis Tool: Implications for Resource Allocation Within the Strategic Air Command,

Abstract

Examines the potential of rule-based modeling as an analysis tool for investigating resource allocation policy issues. Focus is on resource allocation within B-52 flying organizations of the Strategic Air Command. A rule-based computer system, DOSS (Decision Oriented Scheduling System), is demonstrated to provide a valid model of many variables that affect resource allocation of aircrews and aircraft. DOSS is then used to analyze effects on wing performance of several alternative decision rules and policies. Analysis focuses on the capability of SAC bomb wings, given current resources, to increase the SAC alert force and to fly more training sorties. The analysis has implications for the particular policy issues examined, but its more general aim is to illustrate the potential of DOSS for examining a broad range of resource allocation policy issues within SAC. A number of implications are discussed regarding the potential of rule-based modeling for improving organizational decision making in general.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA085394

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  • Richard Fallon

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  • RAND Corporation

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  • Air Platforms
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  • Air Force
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Congress
  • Decision Theory
  • Electronic Countermeasures
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  • Low Altitude
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  • Military Organizations
  • New York
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  • United States
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