Theater Simulation of Airbase Resources and Logistics Composite Models: A Comparison

摘要

The purpose of this study was to determine if, given similar data bases, the Theater Simulation of Airbase Resource (TSAR) model could duplicate the results of the Logistics Composite Model (LCOM). To make this determination the models were compared on the basis of two outputs -- manhours per sortie and sorties flown. Both models were provided common data bases having similar tasks, task probabilities, task sequence, resource requirements, and sortie requests. Each model was run for ten replications at three different levels of requested flying activity. These levels represented daily sortie rates of 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 sorties per aircraft per day. The manhours per sortie expended by the individual Air Force Specialty Codes represented in the data bases, and the number of sorties flown, were gathered for each replication and level. The manhours per sortie were compared on both a statistical and practical basis. The results of this comparison concluded that no significant difference existed between the two models'. The sorties flown by the models were statistically compared at each of the three levels of requested flying activity. The results showed that a significant statistical difference existed between each models' output sorties flown.