Date of Award
3-2003
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Department of Operational Sciences
First Advisor
James T. Moore, PhD
Second Advisor
Victor D. Wiley, PhD
Abstract
Air refueling is an integral part of U.S. air power across a wide range of military operations. It is an essential capability in the conduct of air operations worldwide and is especially important when overseas basing is limited or not available. The planning, tasking, and scheduling of aerial refueling require solution of two major problems: assigning and scheduling of tankers to refueling points and efficiently assigning crews to each tanker. To address the scheduling of tankers, Wiley (2001) developed an efficient tabu search approach. Combs (2002) developed another tabu search approach to assign crews to tankers. This research combines the two scheduling heuristics so that the tanker schedules generated by the tanker scheduling heuristics can feed the crew scheduling heuristic.
AFIT Designator
AFIT-GOR-ENS-03-04
DTIC Accession Number
ADA412689
Recommended Citation
Boke, Cem, "Combining and Analyzing the Tanker and Aircrew Scheduling Heuristics" (2003). Theses and Dissertations. 4301.
https://scholar.afit.edu/etd/4301