Sizing initial stockpiles in a conventional military retrograde movement

K Y K Ng () and M N Lam
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K Y K Ng: Operational Research & Analysis, Ottawa
M N Lam: University of Ottawa

Journal of the Operational Research Society, 1999, vol. 50, issue 11, 1158-1167

Abstract: Abstract The importance of stockpiles in waging and supporting war has long been recognized by the military. However, despite this recognition, very few theoretical attempts have been undertaken to incorporate stockpile considerations in land combat models. This paper describes a multicriteria optimization model to estimate the minimum stockpile required to sustain fighting a conventional mobile delaying land battle. By studying the post-optimality analysis, valuable insights on the relationships between the key governing parameters can be established.

Keywords: military; warfare models; logistics; multicriteria optimization; goal programming (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2600816

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