Optimizing Flight Operations for an Aircraft Carrier in Transit

Abstract

Suppose an aircraft carrier is in transit to an assigned position within strike range of a designated target, and is required to be there at a specified time. The carrier may use aircraft assets for defense against threats that may be encountered en route, but doing so will encumber the carrier's progress toward the required objective. We present a highly detailed integer programming model for scheduling aircraft launches and recoveries, so as to achieve an optimal balance between the conflicting needs of self protection and on-time arrival.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA275653

Entities

People

  • Richard E. Rosenthal
  • William J. Walsh

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Aircrafts
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Integer Programming
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Operations Research
  • Optimization
  • Personal Computers
  • Recovery
  • Scheduling (Production)
  • Time Intervals
  • United States
  • Wind

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Economics