Optimal interdiction of a supply network

Alan W. McMasters and Thomas M. Mustin

Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, 1970, vol. 17, issue 3, 261-268

Abstract: Under certain conditions, the re‐supply capability of a combatant force may be limited by the characteristics of the transportation network over which supplies must flow. Interdiction by an opposing force may be used to reduce the capacity of that network. The effects of such efforts vary for differing missions and targets. With only a limited total budget available, the interdictor must decide which targets to hit, and with how much effort. An algorithm is presented for determining the optimum interdiction plan for minimizing network flow capacity when the minimum capacity on an arc is positive and the cost of interdiction is a linear function of arc capacity reduction.

Date: 1970
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