Simulation of Aircraft Deployment Support

Abstract

Dassault Aviation uses different software tools as decision-support system for several goals in the logistics support simulation area. A great number of such tools are based on complex mathematical methods that nevertheless required simplification assumptions for the simulated model. They are often irrelevant for logistics network with very erratic behaviors (small fleets for example) where the "steady state" approach is not usable. During the last years software providers have disseminated cheap tools based on Monte Carlo approach which allow to perform, in a very short time, a great number of types of simulation related to Operations Research. "Simulation of Aircraft Deployment Support" (SADS) was developed by the Military Customer Support Division of Dassault Aviation to perform simulations for logistics deployment and support analysis of aircraft sustainment. The SADS tool includes animated visualizations, and is based on the common used ARENA software (Systems Modeling Corporation) dedicated to modelling and simulation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADP014149

Entities

People

  • Gilles Debache
  • Laurent Bazin De Jessey

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Deployment
  • Human Resources
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Support
  • Maintenance
  • Mathematical Models
  • Models
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Operations Research
  • Simulations
  • Supply Chain
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.