Performance Evaluation of A-10 Aircraft Maintenance Units and Aircraft Using Constrained Facet Analysis

摘要

Performance evaluation is required to obtained important feedback on system efficiency for management decision making. For Air Force aircraft maintenance managers, performance evaluation is crucial for determining capability and evaluating unit efficiency and effectiveness. This thesis effort applied Constrained Facet Analysis (CFA), a linear fractional programming technique, to the performance evaluation of aircraft maintenance units (AMUs) and aircraft. Empirical data for three AMUs covering a five month period of time and simulated data for 28 aircraft was evaluated using the CFA and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) computer programs at the University of Texas. Results show that CFA and DEA can be used to evaluate relative efficiency of Air Force units.