Relating Selected Army Logistics Resources To Combat Performance Measures

Abstract

This Note describes ALA-X (Army Logistics Assessment--Extended), a project to develop a prototype methodology to build the logistics portion of the Army five-year program. In particular, it describes the central model, the logistics decision model (LDM), among the many small models that are used in the ALA-X methodology. LDM is a highly aggregate, two-sided, deterministic simulation of a theater campaign. Once LDM is calibrated, a user can vary stocks of resources and capacities, and observe their effects on combat performance measures. An additional set of models, the logistics functional models, make it possible to bridge the gap between the physical resources of the Army program and the capacities measured by ALA-X. Keywords: Combat effectiveness; Performance tests; Logistics; Army personnel; Decision making; Mathematical models.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA200266

Entities

People

  • James H. Bigelow

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combat Effectiveness
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Contracts
  • Corporations
  • Investments
  • Logistics
  • Military Operations
  • Operations Research
  • Performance Tests
  • Reserve Equipment
  • Security
  • Simulations
  • Tool Kits
  • Transportation
  • United States
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.