TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mattock,Michael G.
ED  - Project Air Force (U.S.).
ED  - Rand Corporation.
ED  - United States.
TI  - Optimal commercial satellite leasing strategies
SN  - 0833032143
AV  - TK5104 .M395 2002
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Santa Monica, CA
PB  - RAND
KW  - Artificial satellites in telecommunication
KW  - United States
KW  - Commercial leases
KW  - Government purchasing
KW  - Military telecommunication
KW  - Telecommunication policy
KW  - Telecommunication
KW  - Traffic
KW  - Estimates
N1  - "Project Air Force."; Includes bibliographical references (p. 17-19); Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format
N2  - The Department of Defense needs far more satellite communications capacity than it owns and thus must lease satellite communications services. Communications planners can use the "rule of thumb" set forth in this study to aid in making efficient satellite leasing decisions in the face of uncertain demand for satellite services.  It is a simple, graphical technique.  Extensions to the basic model show how price uncertainty and the ability to salvage unused capacity change the appropriate amount of capacity to lease.  A multiple-period version of the basic model shows how planners can consider the tradeoffs between long- and short-term leases when demand grows over time
UR  - http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1402/
ER  -