Location
Cocoa Beach, Florida
Start Date
3-4-1967 12:00 AM
Description
This paper discusses a simulation model which was developed to provide the National Range Division with a method for planning the National fleet of instrumented ships to support a wide variety of tests of many missile and space vehicle programs. The model simulates in a realistic way the manner and frequency with which missiles with their associated support requirements appear on a launch schedule. Then it uses the launch schedule to impose a loading upon the range ships on a simulated real-time basis. Finally the model schedules the ships against this simulated workload, and both qualitative and quantitative estimates are obtained of the future need for the given range resource.
The purpose of this paper is to discuss a planning methodology used by the U.S. Air Force National Range Division. It is a simulation model wh ich generates launch schedules, schedules ships against the simulated launches, and determines the arnount of support that can be expected with a given ship pool. This model has been used to determine the number of instrumented ships needed in support of a forecasted global workload of launched missiles and space vehicles and more recently in a trade-off study between instrumented ships and aircraft. The trade-off study was done by Mr. M.J. Cleveland and others in the Operations Analysis Office within the Directorate of Operations Management of the National Range Division.
An Application of the Computer to Planning
Cocoa Beach, Florida
This paper discusses a simulation model which was developed to provide the National Range Division with a method for planning the National fleet of instrumented ships to support a wide variety of tests of many missile and space vehicle programs. The model simulates in a realistic way the manner and frequency with which missiles with their associated support requirements appear on a launch schedule. Then it uses the launch schedule to impose a loading upon the range ships on a simulated real-time basis. Finally the model schedules the ships against this simulated workload, and both qualitative and quantitative estimates are obtained of the future need for the given range resource.
The purpose of this paper is to discuss a planning methodology used by the U.S. Air Force National Range Division. It is a simulation model wh ich generates launch schedules, schedules ships against the simulated launches, and determines the arnount of support that can be expected with a given ship pool. This model has been used to determine the number of instrumented ships needed in support of a forecasted global workload of launched missiles and space vehicles and more recently in a trade-off study between instrumented ships and aircraft. The trade-off study was done by Mr. M.J. Cleveland and others in the Operations Analysis Office within the Directorate of Operations Management of the National Range Division.
