B-1B Avionics/Automatic Test Equipment: Maintenance Queueing Analysis.
Abstract
The purpose of this research effort was to develop a technique to determine B-1B automatic test equipment station quantities required to support the B-1B avionics components at base level. As part of this effort, both simulation and analytical solutions were developed. A detailed and complex simulation model was developed in the Q-GERT simulation language. In addition, an analytical model was developed based on the theory of open queueing networks and other queueing techniques. However, the analytical model required many crude and simplifying assumptions, and the analytical results were not entirely satisfactory. The Q-GERT simulation model was selected as the best choice for the remainder of the research effort. Two techniques were developed to determine test station quantities based on the model output. The first technique was to buy sufficient test stations to achieve a four day maximum base repair cycle time for the avionics components. The second technique was to conduct a cost-benefit analysis by comparing the costs of additional test stations (and the benefits of shorter repair cycle times) to the benefits of fewer test stations (and the costs of longer repair cycle times). Considerable sensitivity analysis was performed with the simulation model, and the research effort concludes with a range of management options for consideration by the B-1B System Program Office. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADA141175
Entities
People
- L. M. Roark
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology