A Target Selection Tool for NETWORK INTERDICTION. 64th MORS Symposium Working Group 1,

Abstract

In an era of aggressive strategic force reductions it has become increasingly important to plan available weapons in the most effective manner possible. A Network Interdiction Tool has been developed with commercial and DoD software to utilize integer programming optimization techniques to determine an optimal interdiction strategy for systems which have a network architecture. Other analytical tools have been integrated with the optimization routine to provide quantitative comparisons of targeting strategies under varying assumptions and objectives. Due to inherent limitations of any model, it is paramount that the reasoning power of the expert operational planner (or 'strategist') be maintained 'in the loop.' This has been achieved by the development of a robust graphical user interface.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 11, 1996
Accession Number
ADA317622

Entities

People

  • Philip S. Whiteman

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Facilities
  • Collateral Damage
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Efficiency
  • Flow Network
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Interdiction
  • Probability
  • Reliability
  • Risk
  • Risk Analysis
  • Specifications
  • United States Strategic Command
  • User Interface
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

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  • Operations Research
  • Software Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design