Finding an Optimal Stationing Policy for the United States Army in Europe after the Force Drawdown (FUSSPRINT).

Abstract

With the continuing reduction of forces in Europe, it is apparent that the base support structure cannot be maintained at current levels. The purpose of this effort is develop a methodology to assign US Army units remaining in Europe to installations in an economical manner and to make recommendations regarding which installations are candidates for deactivation and closure. An integer programming model has been formulated which minimizes annual costs subject to constraints on required resources, one-time implementation costs, unit proximity, and support requirements. The model can be used to provide decisionmakers with insights regarding resource utilization and shortfalls and costs of implementing various stationing plan alternatives. Model development and data collection issues are discussed. Computational experience is given, and efforts to improve model performance are described.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA300452

Entities

People

  • Andrew G. Loerch
  • John E. Anzalone

Organizations

  • Center for Army Analysis

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cold War
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Programming
  • Force Structure
  • Integer Programming
  • Mathematical Models
  • Mathematical Programming
  • Military Personnel
  • Operations Research
  • Optimization
  • Quality Of Life
  • Site Selection
  • Sites
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Military Academy
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Proposed Air Force Base Actions.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.