SURFSKED an Optimization Aid for Surface Combatant Inter-Deployment Scheduling

Abstract

The surface force inter-deployment scheduling process is the means by which units of the U.S Navy are slated to accomplish maintenance, training, and inspection events in preparation for planned deployments or emergent missions. The schedule objective is to maximize fleet readiness while meeting the constraints of fuel, budget, home port time, and availability of supporting services. This thesis provides a computerized model (SURFSKED) to assist schedulers in the optimization of the inter-deployment schedule. A set- partitioning model is used in a two-stage heuristic process to minimize scheduling costs subject to constraints on support assets. The model is tested using a combination of actual and hypothetical data for 96 ships of the Pacific Fleet. The test runs include 88 event types and generate 13 week (one quarter) schedules.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA176023

Entities

People

  • Vern F. Wing

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computations
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Data Processing
  • Deployment
  • Engineering
  • Maintenance
  • Mathematical Programming
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Operating Systems
  • Operations Research
  • Optimization
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Training
  • United States

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