Sizing the US destroyer fleet

For the US Navy to be successful, it must make good investments in combatant ships. Historically a vital component in these decisions is expert opinion. This paper illustrates that the use of quantitative methods in conjunction with expert opinion can add considerable insight. We use the analytic hi...

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Published in:European journal of operational research 2002-02, Vol.136 (3), p.680-695
Main Authors: Crary, Michael, Nozick, L.K., Whitaker, L.R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analytic hierarchy process
Armed forces
Decision analysis
Fleet sizing
Hierarchies
Integer programming
Mathematical models
Military
Simulation
Studies
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Summary:For the US Navy to be successful, it must make good investments in combatant ships. Historically a vital component in these decisions is expert opinion. This paper illustrates that the use of quantitative methods in conjunction with expert opinion can add considerable insight. We use the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to gather expert opinions. Then, distributions are derived based on these expert opinions, and integrated into a mixed integer programming model to derive a distribution for the “effectiveness” of a fleet with a particular mix of ships. These ideas are applied to the planning scenario for the 2015 conflict on the Korean Peninsula, one of the two key scenarios that the Department of Defense uses for planning.
ISSN:0377-2217
1872-6860
DOI:10.1016/S0377-2217(01)00031-5