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050 0 0 _aUC273
_b.N48 1994
245 0 0 _aNew capabilities for strategic mobility analysis :
_bexecutive summary /
_cJohn Schank ... [et al.].
264 1 _aSanta Monica, CA :
_bRAND,
_c1994.
300 _aix, 34 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"National Defense Research Institute."
500 _a"RAND's National Defense Research Institute [is] a federally funded research and development center supported by the Office of the Secretary of Defense"--Cover verso.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 33-34).
520 _aThe Joint Staff participates in many aspects of strategic mobility analysis but has primary responsibility for balancing troops, transport, and cost. It seeks to identify the "best" mix of airlift, sealift, and prepositioning required for various contingent scenarios. In previous research the authors found that the models currently used by the Joint Staff were inappropriate for that task and recommended that those broader-based trade-off analyses be addressed using new formulations of traditional mathematical-programming procedures and off-the-shelf software (Schank, Mattock, et al., R-3926-JS, 1991). This document summarizes the prototypical models and procedures the authors developed over the past several years to provide those capabilities. It describes knowledge-based developments the authors believe will eventually enhance analytic capabilities and improve the understanding of transportation operations and planning, and it describes and demonstrates the mathematical-programming formulations the authors recommend for analyzing broader force-oriented mobility questions in the near term. For the future, the authors recommend the integration of the knowledge-based and mathematical-programming procedures.
530 _aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aTransportation, Military
_xComputer simulation.
650 0 _aTransportation, Military
_xMathematical models.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xArmed Forces
_xTransportation.
700 1 _aSchank, John F.
_q(John Frederic),
_d1946-
_eauthor.
700 1 _aStucker, J. P.
_eauthor.
700 1 _aMattock, Michael G.,
_d1961-
_eauthor.
700 1 _aRothenberg, Jeff,
_d1947-
_eauthor.
710 2 _aNational Defense Research Institute (U.S.).
_bAcquisition and Support Policy Program.
710 2 _aRand Corporation.
710 1 _aUnited States.
_bJoint Chiefs of Staff.
710 1 _aUnited States.
_bDepartment of Defense.
_bOffice of the Secretary of Defense.
856 4 1 _yOnline Access
_uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/2006/MR294.pdf
999 _c599057
_d599057