Optimizing strategic sealift
Strategic sealift is critical for the United States to be able to project military power worldwide. During the 1990 Persian Gulf War, over 95% of all military equipment arrived in theater via sealift. The importance and difficulty of sealift planning has motivated the development of a number of deci...
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ndltd-nps.edu-oai-calhoun.nps.edu-10945-351812014-11-27T16:18:59Z Optimizing strategic sealift Pagonis, Gust W. Dell, Robert F. Operations Research Strategic sealift is critical for the United States to be able to project military power worldwide. During the 1990 Persian Gulf War, over 95% of all military equipment arrived in theater via sealift. The importance and difficulty of sealift planning has motivated the development of a number of decision aids. These aids, relying heretofore on a combination of heuristics and simulation, help determine for a given sealift mission the overall gross transportation feasibility. The key to this transportation feasibility is satisfying desired force closure the time units arrive in the theater of operations. This thesis introduces optimization models to help plan ship schedules that deliver units as close as possible to their required arrival times. The prototypic models are demonstrated on a dual major regional conflict, obtaining near optimal solutions in less than two hours. 2013-08-13T22:06:56Z 2013-08-13T22:06:56Z 1995-09 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10945/35181 en_US This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. As such, it is in the public domain, and under the provisions of Title 17, United States Code, Section 105, it may not be copyrighted. Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School |
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Strategic sealift is critical for the United States to be able to project military power worldwide. During the 1990 Persian Gulf War, over 95% of all military equipment arrived in theater via sealift. The importance and difficulty of sealift planning has motivated the development of a number of decision aids. These aids, relying heretofore on a combination of heuristics and simulation, help determine for a given sealift mission the overall gross transportation feasibility. The key to this transportation feasibility is satisfying desired force closure the time units arrive in the theater of operations. This thesis introduces optimization models to help plan ship schedules that deliver units as close as possible to their required arrival times. The prototypic models are demonstrated on a dual major regional conflict, obtaining near optimal solutions in less than two hours. |
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