Application and Extension of the Thruput II Optimization Model for Airlift Mobility

摘要

THRUPUT II is a linear programmingmodel developed at the Naval PostgraduateSchool for the U.S. AirForce Studies and Analyses Agency (AFSAA)to help improve the efficiency of theairlift mobility system. It determines themaximum on-time throughput of cargoand passengers that can be transportedwith a given aircraft fleet over a given network,subject to appropriate physical andpolicy constraints. THRUPUT II was usedin the analysis provided by AFSAA to theC-17 Defense Acquisition Board in November,1995. This paper reviews the model'sformulation, describes its use in the C-17analysis, and reports extensions that havebeen developed since the model's first appearance.