Accession Number:
ADA318305
Title:
Requirement for C-130 Aircraft in the Intratheater Korean Scenario.
Descriptive Note:
Master's thesis,
Corporate Author:
AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1996-03-12
Pagination or Media Count:
91.0
Abstract:
In an effort to provide a timely and reasonably accurate methodology for determining C-130 intratheater airlift requirements, this research concentrated on a rough-cut capacity approach using a straight forward linear programming spreadsheet model. To provide more detailed analysis, a more sophisticated linear program was investigated. Specifically, the spreadsheet model calculated the minimum number of C-130s required to carry required cargo, passenger, and aeromedical loads based on user-defined daily requirements. For a given scenario, inputs include the daily requirements and the expected capacity for C-130 aircraft, trucks, and 22-car trains. Included in the capacity inputs are the number of daily cycles or trips expected from a given mode of transportation. The model is automatically formulated based on these inputs and is solved using a spreadsheet solver. Graphical results are provided. This spreadsheet model is analyzed for a 20-day period, but any planning horizon can be used with modifications. Since the spreadsheet does not perform a parametric analysis, the data used in the spreadsheet formulation was input into the LINDO solver in order to perform parametric analyses.
Descriptors:
- *SCENARIOS
- *MILITARY REQUIREMENTS
- *THEATER LEVEL OPERATIONS
- *LINEAR PROGRAMMING
- *TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT
- *AIRLIFT OPERATIONS
- COMPUTER PROGRAMS
- METHODOLOGY
- TRANSPORTATION
- PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS
- CAPACITY(QUANTITY)
- ACCURACY
- CYCLES
- INTERNAL
- PLANNING
- CARGO
- GRAPHICS
- USER NEEDS
- TRUCKS
- KOREA
- DAILY OCCURRENCE
- PASSENGERS
- AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION
Subject Categories:
- Transport Aircraft
- Computer Programming and Software
- Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies
- Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics