Optimal Placement Model for the B-52G Weapons System Trainer.
Abstract
As a result of the Force Modernization Study, the Strategic Air Command will have its first new generation simulator, the Weapons System Trainer (WST), available in the beginning of 1982. Because of the highly intensive requirements of B-52 training, it had been determined that each B-52 unit would be equipped with a total WST system. While there is agreement with the strategic implications of individual base location for the WST, the necessity of that decision should be questioned. The original research question directed at G model bases was: Can an economically optimum location scheme be determined for the minimum number of WST's necessary to meet training requirements? Consequently, the central objective of this research was the development of a mathematical model which would assure the optimum placement of the WST based on the defined resources, constraints, and economic criteria. The research and generated solutions lend credence to the model as a management tool, in that it permits an objective analysis of alternatives in terms of cost location schemes and number of simulators. It is concluded that the model should provide useful information in future simulator location studies. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA110977
Entities
People
- Franklin E. Hoke Jr
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology