Optimizing readiness and equity in Marine Corps aviation training schedules
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Authors
Brown, Raphael P.
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Dell, Robert
Date of Issue
1995-09
Date
September 1995
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
The Marine Corps trains its aviation units according to a Training and Readiness (T&R) Program that quantifies combat readiness based on completion of prescribed sets of training 'events' (e.g., aircraft training flights, tactical control of aircraft, simulator training, etc.). Efficient scheduling of these events is vital to wringing more readiness, i.e., combat power, from shrinking resources. Schedules assign individuals (pilots, naval flight officers, or air controllers) to events and time periods while satisfying T&R Program event sequence, event repetition, and qualification requirements. Secondary to readiness, units pursue equity of opportunity and workload among individuals to preserve morale and produce a wider base of fully combat-qualified warriors. This thesis develops a bicriteria mixed integer programming model that maximizes a combined function of readiness and equity over a time horizon of ninety days. The model enforces T&R Program requirements and personnel availability constraints. A schedule that includes equitability constraints is within 98.1% of optimal readiness, but reduces 'inequity' by 79.9%. Schedules are typically created in 10 minutes on a personal computer.
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Thesis
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Operations Research
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NA
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49 p.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.