Accession Number:

ADA151773

Title:

A Methodology for Identifying Cost Effective Strategic Force Mixes.

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis,

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

Personal Author(s):

• Manacapilli,T. W.

Report Date:

1984-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

129.0

Abstract:

This thesis represents a methodology for the identification of cost effective strategic force mixes. The methodology makes use of Response Surface Methodology RSM, economic production functions, economic theory, deterministic models, and Lagrangian techniques to identify cost effective choices. The methodology fits economic production functions to the response surface of a nuclear exchange model a linear programming problem using RSM. It then maximizes these economic production function subject to a cost constraint using the Lagrangian technique. The use of economic production functions in this manner gives economic insight into the problem and results in the development of some simple buy decision rules for determination of cost effective force mixes. The classical use of polynomial models does not provide the same degree of information as the economic production functions, and information gained from the polynomial requires much more work. Keywords include Response surface methodology RSM, Production functions, Economics, and Lagrangian.

Descriptors:

• *COST EFFECTIVENESS
• *ECONOMICS
• MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES)
• METHODOLOGY
• PRODUCTION
• MODELS
• THEORY
• THESES
• COSTS
• DETERMINANTS(MATHEMATICS)
• LAGRANGIAN FUNCTIONS

Subject Categories:

• Economics and Cost Analysis
• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE