Article
Aircraft selection modeling: a multi-step heuristic to enumerate airlift alternatives
Annals of Operations Research
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
3-1-2019
DOI
10.1007/s10479-018-2933-9
Abstract
We consider the use of the new C-130J-30 aircraft for long distance (strategic) cargo movement. Currently, only large aircraft, the C-5 and the C-17, are identified as strategic airlift assets by the United States Air Force. Our mathematical model identifies all logical airframe combinations to perform a cargo movement given a set of constraints. Using previously developed routing algorithms and fuel metrics, we evaluated the combinations and calculated the potential savings had the most fuel efficient combination been selected. Analyzing 1 month of historic data for four long distance routes, our proposed model suggests that savings could have been more than one million dollars.
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en
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Citation Information
Jacob D. Maywald, Adam D. Reiman, Robert E. Overstreet and Alan W. Johnson. "Aircraft selection modeling: a multi-step heuristic to enumerate airlift alternatives" Annals of Operations Research Vol. 274 Iss. 1-2 (2019) p. 425 - 445 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/robert-overstreet/18/
This article is published as Maywald, J.D., Reiman, A.D., Overstreet, R.E., and Johnson, A.W. (2019). Aircraft selection modeling: A multi-step heuristic to enumerate airlift alternatives. Annals of Operations Research. 274(1–2), 425–445. 10.1007/s10479-018-2933-9.