DEPLOY: An Interactive Goal Programming Model for the Rapid Deployment of Armed Forces

摘要

DEPLOY is a interactive Goal Programming Model for the Rapid Deployment of Armed Forces which offers decisive advantages over any current methodology. The front-end user-friendly package allows the user to easily enter the necessary data either interactively or via external files. Furthermore, data files can be easily created and altered to perform sensitivity analysis on any of the parameters in the model. DEPLOY accounts for both intertheater and intratheater airlift, and can be used to optimally plan movement schedules for predetermined forces or optimally choose and move a force from a list of available units and airlift resources to meet specified goals. In addition, further analysis can be performed to determine the least number of aircraft or the least costly aircraft inventory necessary to accomplish the specified goals. This report describes the physical and mathematical, scenario limitations, and input requirements of DEPLOY. Further, the report includes a user guide, variable definitions, subroutine definitions, and computer listings. The scenario used to demonstrate DEPLOY used 188 decision variables and 126 separate equations. Finally, this demonstration serves as an example to any potential users of DEPLOY.