An Integer-Linear Program to Plan Procurement and Deployment of Space and Missile Assets

Abstract

The Space Command Optimizer of Utility Toolkit (SCOUT) is an integer linear program used by the Air Force Office of Aerospace Studies to help plan the research and development of space-based systems over a 25-year horizon. SCOUT recommends a mix of concepts, current systems, and launches that minimizes shortfalls in task performance while adhering to constraints on budget, launcher demand, launcher availability, and logic governing the precedence and interdependence of systems. This technical report provides a mathematical description of SCOUT, details several modifications, and reports computational experience. We find a significant reduction in solution time by using discount factors, and introducing the notion of continuous-valued research and development concepts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA376820

Entities

People

  • Alexandra M. Newman
  • Angela Giddings
  • Gerald G. Jerry Brown
  • Richard E. Rosenthal
  • Robert F. Dell

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Flow Network
  • Integer Programming
  • Launch Vehicles
  • Linear Programming
  • Mainframe Computers
  • Mathematical Programming
  • Operations Research
  • Optimization
  • Procurement
  • Systems Engineering
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Time Intervals
  • United States

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Technology Areas

  • Space