A Cost Benefit Analysis of Two Products of the Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center

Abstract

A cost benefit analysis of the Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center (FNOC) is conducted with specific attention to the Optimum Path Aircraft Routing System and the Optimum Track Ship Routing System. These two products out of the many produced by FNOC comprise the bulk of the savings realized by the U.S. Navy through FNOC's work. The Optimum Path Aircraft Routing System (OPARS) is evaluated using modified flight plans received by the system. These plans were resubmitted to OPARS to determine the range of fuel usage around the optimum provided to OPARS. The optimum Track Ship Routing System (OTSR) is evaluated using an adaptation of Dijkstra's algorithm to determine the optimum routing if perfect wave height information were available compared to a purely greedy strategy capturing the shortest arc available enroute to the destination. The damage sustained is compared to actual damage reported to the Naval Safety Center to determine the savings to the U.S. Navy from the OTSR system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA268824

Entities

People

  • James L. Brown Jr

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Availability
  • Computer Programs
  • Cost Benefit Analysis
  • Fuel Consumption
  • Grids
  • Military Operations
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Probability
  • Regions
  • Research Facilities
  • Second World War
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

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  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Operations Research