Application and Extension of the THRUPUT II Optimization Model for Airlift Mobility.

Abstract

THRUPUT II is a linear programming model developed at the Naval Postgraduate School for the U.S. Air Force Studies and Analyses Agency (AFSAA) to help improve the efficiency of the airlift mobility system. It determines the maximum on-time throughput of cargo and passengers that can be transported with a given aircraft fleet over a given network, subject to appropriate physical and policy constraints. THRUPUT II was used in the analysis provided by AFSAA to the C-17 Defense Acquisition Board in November, 1995. This paper reviews the model's formulation, describes its use in the C-17 analysis, and reports extensions that have been developed since the model's first appearance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA324041

Entities

People

  • David Horton
  • David P. Morton
  • Lim T. Weng
  • Richard E. Rosenthal
  • Steven F. Baker

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Deployment
  • Linear Programming
  • Mathematical Models
  • Military Acquisition
  • Military Aircraft
  • Military Operations
  • Operations Research
  • Passengers
  • Refueling
  • Tanker Aircraft

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  • Business Analytics
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Graph Algorithms and Convex Optimization.