OVERCOMING FLAWS IN THE MISSION DEPENDENCY INDEX (MDI) WITH NETWORK FLOW ANALYSIS
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Authors
Fish, Aaron B.
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Mission Dependency Index
MDI
infrastructure
network
multilayer
MDI
infrastructure
network
multilayer
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Eisenberg, Daniel
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2021-03
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Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
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The Mission Dependency Index (MDI) is a metric used by all U.S. military services for guiding operations, management, and funding decisions for facilities at military installations. Despite its broad adoption, several studies on MDI suggest it may have flaws that limit its efficacy. We present the first rigorous technical analysis of MDI as to how its flaws impact decisions and determine ways to overcome them. We develop a formal mathematical definition of MDI based on multilayer networks that supports reproducible models and formal analysis of the MDI calculation process used in the U.S. Navy. Based on our multilayer formalism, we define three technical problems with MDI methods not previously discussed in the literature. We develop a new model for calculating MDI based on network flow analysis that overcomes these problems. We demonstrate our new approach by assessing the vulnerability of a realistic diesel fuel marine mission to facility disruptions. Overall, our work provides clarity on how to interpret and avoid pitfalls in MDI calculation and use.
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Operations Research (OR)
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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.