New Capabilities for Strategic Mobility Analysis: Executive Summary,

Abstract

Previous research for the Logistics Directorate (J4) of the Joint Staff (JS) found that although the JS/J4 uses mobility models in several distinctly different types of analyses, it usually uses only a single, specialized type of model, a type that is inappropriate for many of the JS's more important analyses (Schank, Mattock et al., 1991). In general, the typical military mobility analysis includes information about cargoes (the location of what needs to be moved, when it will be available to move, and when it has to be delivered), about the transport network (distances, throughput capacities, roadbed conditions, right-of-way constraints, etc.), and about transport assets (the number and type of available vehicles, structures, and equipment, and the schedules and costs under which additional or newer types can be procured). Depending on the problem or operation under consideration, these components are grouped and analyzed three different ways.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA288851

Entities

People

  • James P. Stucker
  • Jeff Rothenberg
  • John F. Schank
  • Michael G. Mattock

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Data Sets
  • Geographic Regions
  • Human-Machine Interaction
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycles
  • Mathematical Programming
  • Models
  • National Security
  • Operations Research
  • Passenger Aircraft
  • Prototypes
  • Simulations
  • Transport Aircraft
  • Transportation
  • United States
  • United States Transportation Command

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Systems Analysis and Design