The economic choice of the transportation routes for logistics materiels.

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Author
Kim, Sook Han
Date
1991-03Advisor
Rosenthal, Richard E.
Second Reader
Dell, Robert F.
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Light Vehicle Battalions are used to transport logistic
materiels from supply depots to combat units, on orders from high
level logistics command. This thesis develops a linear
programming model to determine which LVB should take which route,
how much materiel it should carry, and within what specific time it
should travel to minimize transportation and storage costs. The
linear programming model is derived from a peacetime scenario where
each combat unit's demand varies seasonly. We report computational
experience on a realistic problem using GAMS (the General Algebraic
Modeling System).