Automating Response Surface Methodology for the Arsenal Exchange Model.

Abstract

Response Surface Methodology (RSM) is automated for the Arsenal Exchange Model. The purpose is to give the using organization (AF/XOXR-MAA) the capability of rapidly answering 'what-if' questions in real time on force structure problems. Currently, the AEM requires approximately three hous CPU time for one execution. By using RSM to build a replacement model for the AEM, a second-order polynomial equation for this thesis, the execution time is brought to within seconds. So, the RSM technique builds a replacement model for the AEM, given a specific scenario, that provides predictability within seconds. Also, using experimental designs that are othogonal and rotatable, the replacement model (second-order polynomial equation) can be used very effectively and efficiently for informational analysis (same as sensitivity analysis). Much more information can be garnered from the replacement model than the real model (the AEM). So, besides the advantage of predictability, the RSMed built replacement model provides much more informational analysis than what could have been garnered by applying sensitivity analysis to the AEM.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA185247

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  • Gary E. Yielding

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  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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