Global Deployment Anaylsis System Algorithm Description (With Updates)
Abstract
This document contains the Global Deployment Analysis System (GDAS) Algorithm Description. This initial section provides an overview of the GDAS system adapted from the GDAS User Manual. Subsequent sections summarize the data structures and model algorithms that are used in the GDAS software. GDAS is a software package which performs transportation analysis of large or small scale DOD deployments including mode planning, port selection, routing, scheduling, and simulation. GDAS executes on desktop microcomputers running Microsoft DOS, Windows NT 4 or later, or Windows 95 or later. GDAS incorporates a global transportation network and schedules movements from CONUS origins to intra-theater destinations using intermodal, multi-theater transport by air, land, and sea. GDAS components include integrated database, query, world map display, chart graphics, scheduling, simulation modeling, analysis tools, and reporting capabilities. Detailed analysis features include tracking of individual ship and aircraft locations, shortest path routing with node constraints for all modes, port facility throughput limitations with queuing, integrated air/sea/motor/rail mode selection, and staging of time phased movements at intermediate ports. Use of GDAS requires an analyst who is knowledgeable in DOD transportation and can understand the data relationships, but does not require programming expertise.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA373743