Aircraft Selection Modeling: A Multi-step Heuristic to Enumerate Airlift Alternatives
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2019
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.
Source Publication
Annals of Operations Research
Recommended Citation
Maywald, J.D., Reiman, A.D., Overstreet, R.E. et al. Aircraft selection modeling: a multi-step heuristic to enumerate airlift alternatives. Ann Oper Res 274, 425–445 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-018-2933-9
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