Title

An automated approach for planning mass tactical airborne operations

Authors

Authors

D. D. Briggs; M. Mollaghasemi;J. A. Sepulveda

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Abbreviated Journal Title

IIE Trans.

Keywords

Engineering, Industrial; Operations Research & Management Science

Abstract

This paper develops an automated approach to plan for mass tactical airborne operations. This proposed tool enables the user to properly load aircraft according to the mission and user specifications, so that the minimum amount of time is required to seize all assigned objectives. The methodology is based on a hybrid approach in which the first portion is a mathematical model that provides the optimal manifest under "perfect conditions". This mathematical model is represented by a transportation network, and can be optimized using a transportation algorithm. The optimum solution from the mathematical model is input to a simulation model that introduces the inherent variability induced by wind conditions, drift, aircraft location and speed, and delays between jumper exit times. The simulation returns the expected, best, and worst arrival times to the assigned objectives. This hybrid approach allows a large problem to be solved efficiently with a great deal of time saving.

Journal Title

Iie Transactions

Volume

30

Issue/Number

9

Publication Date

1-1-1998

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

765

Last Page

772

WOS Identifier

WOS:000078609600001

ISSN

0740-817X

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