Campus Units
Supply Chain and Information Systems
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
3-2019
Journal or Book Title
Annals of Operations Research
Volume
274
Issue
1-2
First Page
425
Last Page
445
DOI
10.1007/s10479-018-2933-9
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.
Rights
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Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Maywald, Jacob D.; Reiman, Adam D.; Overstreet, Robert E.; and Johnson, Alan W., "Aircraft selection modeling: a multi-step heuristic to enumerate airlift alternatives" (2019). Supply Chain Management Publications. 58.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/scm_pubs/58
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Comments
This article is published as Maywald, J.D., Reiman, A.D., Overstreet, R.E., and Johnson, A.W. (2019). Aircraft selection modeling: A multi-step heuristic to enumerate airlift alternatives. Annals of Operations Research. 274(1–2), 425–445. 10.1007/s10479-018-2933-9.