An Upper Bound for Optimal Maintenance Costs of Weapon Systems.

Abstract

This paper presents a theoretical discussion of the relationship between weapon system life cycle maintenance costs and procurement costs. For certain situations, it derives upper bounds for the optimal allocation of maintenance and procurement resources, while maintaining a targeted number of operationally available weapon systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA304815

Entities

People

  • Kiduck Chang

Organizations

  • LMI

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Cannibalization
  • Circuit Boards
  • End Items
  • Life Cycles
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Management
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Costs
  • Maintenance Management
  • Multiple Launch Rocket System
  • Printed Circuits
  • Procurement
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Test Equipment
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Systems Analysis and Design