Method for the Optimal Disposition of Surplus Air Force Motor Vehicles.

摘要

This study developed a disposition method to enable major commands to increase the value of their vehicle fleets by optimally replacing less valuable fleet vehicles with more valuable surplus vehicles. The value of an optimal vehicle disposition method is especially significant in light of the decline in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) budget and base closures scheduled through fiscal year 1994. The Air Force currently spends approximately $240 million per year for vehicle replacement to maintain its motor vehicle fleet. It is advantageous, therefore, to consider replacing older vehicles in the fleet with newer surplus vehicles made available through the closures. Using a greedy algorithm approach to vehicle disposition of only 13 pickup trucks at a single base considered for closure. This method is more efficient than standard linear programming assignment procedures, yet is flexible enough to use in conjunction with sound judgment to support all surplus vehicle disposition decisions.