Keyword: military & defence

Found 254 papers in total
Refueling strategies to maximize the operational range of a nonidentical vehicle fleet
Refueling strategies to maximize the operational range of a nonidentical vehicle fleet
1995,
Recently Mehrez et al. , Mehrez and Stern and Melkman et al. studied a vehicle fleet...
Optimizing the assignment of aircrews to aircraft in an airlift operation
Optimizing the assignment of aircrews to aircraft in an airlift operation
1994,
The problems of constructing flight crew schedules, in the military as well as in the...
On a ruckle problem in discrete games of ambush
On a ruckle problem in discrete games of ambush
1997,
The following zero-sum games is considered. Red chooses in integer interval [1, n ]...
McNaughton and Canadian operational research at Vimy
McNaughton and Canadian operational research at Vimy
1997,
One of the defining events of Canadian history was the celebrated Canadian Corps...
Two-person zero-sum games for network interdiction
Two-person zero-sum games for network interdiction
1995,
A single evader attempts to traverse a path between two nodes in a network while a...
Forecasting army housing supply with a DSS-delivered econometric model
Forecasting army housing supply with a DSS-delivered econometric model
1996,
The United States Department of the Army must provide its personnel with acceptable...
Scheduling of nonserial linear projects with multiple non-overlapped loop structures
Scheduling of nonserial linear projects with multiple non-overlapped loop structures
1995,
Existing dynamic programming formulations are utilized for the scheduling of serial...
The teachers’ forum: The operations analysis curriculum at the Naval Postgraduate School
The teachers’ forum: The operations analysis curriculum at the Naval Postgraduate School
1996,
The operations analysis curriculum at the Naval Postgraduate School has responded to a...
Perfect information with potentially negative value: An intriguing war story and a possible explanation
Perfect information with potentially negative value: An intriguing war story and a possible explanation
1996,
When the Allies were bombing Germany in World War II, it is rumoured that before...
Random effects meta analysis of military recruiting
Random effects meta analysis of military recruiting
1996,
The success of the US military recruiting depends not only on recruiting efforts but...
Swords into plowshares: Some propositions on the prospects of peace dividends
Swords into plowshares: Some propositions on the prospects of peace dividends
1996,
This essay offers a number of propositions about the size, pace, and distribution of...
Macro-GT: A case study of group technology principles applied to geographically separated facilities for the U.S. Army
Macro-GT: A case study of group technology principles applied to geographically separated facilities for the U.S. Army
1995,
Group technology (GT) is a tool for improving the productivity and reducing the cost...
Osipov: The ‘Russian Lanchester’
Osipov: The ‘Russian Lanchester’
1993,
In 1915, practically contemporaneously with Lanchester, M. Osipov published a...
Theories of budegtary tradeoffs
Theories of budegtary tradeoffs
1996,
The literature on defense-welfare tradeoffs has not been characterized by an emphasis...
Path constrained search problem with reward criterion
Path constrained search problem with reward criterion
1995,
A target is moving on a finite number of cells in discrete time. Knowing the...
Application of receding horizon control strategy to pursuit-evasion problems
Application of receding horizon control strategy to pursuit-evasion problems
1995,
Time-optimal interception of an arbitrary manoeuvering evader is investigated using a...
Disarming defences
Disarming defences
1994,
Accounts of ‘soft’ Operational Research methods tend to give a single...
Inverse Nth power detection law for Washburn’s lateral range curve
Inverse Nth power detection law for Washburn’s lateral range curve
1993,
A detection law (the conditional detection rate) which corresponds to the model of...
An optimal search for a disappearing target with a random lifetime
An optimal search for a disappearing target with a random lifetime
1994,
The authors consider an optimal search for a disappearing target with a random...
A transportation problem formulation for the MAC Airlift Planning Problem
A transportation problem formulation for the MAC Airlift Planning Problem
1994,
The Military Airlift Command (MAC) is responsible for planning the allocation of...
Future: A knowledge-based system for threat assessment
Future: A knowledge-based system for threat assessment
1994,
During 1988 and 1989, the authors developed the Future system to help aid the South...
Decision dynamics in two high reliability military organizations
Decision dynamics in two high reliability military organizations
1994,
In this research the authors extend theoretical development about decision making in...
A network model to maximize Navy personnel readiness and its solution
A network model to maximize Navy personnel readiness and its solution
1994,
The problem of optimally (re)allocating Navy personnel to combat units is compounded...
Finding the Japanese fleet in March 1945
Finding the Japanese fleet in March 1945
1993,
I performed two operations analyses while serving with the 20th Bomber Command’s...
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