This research investigated a heuristic approach to schedule aircraft for the channel cargo system of the Unit States Air Force's Air Mobility Command (AMC). Given cargo/frequency of visit requirements, a fleet of aircraft, and possible routes, the objective of this research was to develop, implement, and test an iterative procedure to efficiently schedule and load aircraft in order to maximize the flow of cargo through the channel cargo system. Once a level of flow was established, attempts were made to minimize cost in terms of cumulative weighted time-in-system (CWTIS). A minimum cost flow heuristic, incorporating a successive shortest path algorithm, was coupled with a critical arc schedule improvement heuristic. Our procedure iterated between these two heuristics to generate a cargo flow pattern and aircraft schedule. This research demonstrated the usefulness and efficiency of this heuristic in planning airlift for the channel cargo system. The FORTRAN programs which implement the heuristics are compatible with current AMC scheduling/advance planning tools. Given this compatibility, additional testing in conjunction with AMC's current planning tools (STORM, CARGPREP, and CARGOSIM) is warranted. Pending successful testing in this environment, implementation of these methods is recommended. Heuristics, Channel cargo system, Networks, Schedule, Multicommodity, Shortest-path, Interchange, Flow pattern.
Heuristic Approach to Determining Cargo Flow and Scheduling for Air Mobility Command's Channel Cargo System
1994
150 pages
Report
No indication
English
Logistics Military Facilities & Supplies , Air Transportation , Scheduling , Airlift operations , Cargo handling , Heuristic methods , Algorithms , Cargo , Compatibility , Costs , Efficiency , Fortran , Frequency , Mobility , Networks , Patterns , Planning , Requirements , Test and evaluation , Time , Theses , Transport aircraft , Iterations , Systems approach , Logistics support , Military transportation , CWT-IS(Cumulative Weighted Time In System)
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