A Goal-Seeking Approach to Model the Injection of Future Vehicles Into the United States Army Inventory
Abstract
The purpose of this thesis was to develop a quantitative decision aid to augment the subjective assessment prioritization of future vehicle acquisition. The objective of this study was to develop a quantitative methodology that models the acquisition of future vehicles into the U.S. Army inventory. Instead of establishing inventory levels based on individual vehicle priorities, this study approached establishing inventory levels based on mission priorities. By using a Goal-Seeking Multiparametric Decomposition model, an illustrative example was processed, resulting in specific inventory levels for all vehicles peculiar to an associated mission. Sensitivity was conducted to demonstrate how the inventory levels were effected as the priorities of each mission changed. This study has shown that a mission oriented approach to vehicle acquisition modeling supports the current U.S. Army warfighting doctrine and combined arms operations tactics. This study also found that the mission oriented approach fosters a less controversial subjective assessment of future vehicle acquisition into an inventory than the vehicle prioritization approach.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA220201
Entities
People
- Joseph P. Disalvo
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology