- Title
- Finding an optimal stationing policy for the US Army in Europe after the force drawdown
- Creator
- Loerch, Andrew G.; Boland, Natashia; Johnson, Ellis L.; Nemhauser, George L.
- Relation
- Military Operations Research Vol. 2, Issue 4, p. 39-51
- Relation
- http://www.mors.org/publications/default.aspx
- Publisher
- Military Operations Research Society
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 1996
- Description
- With the continuing reduction of forces in Europe, it is apparent that the base support structure cannot be maintained at current levels. The purpose of this effort is to develop a methodology to assign US Army units remaining in Europe to installations in an economical manner, and to make recommendations regarding which installations are candidates for deactivation and closure. An integer programming model has been formulated which minimizes annual costs subject to constraints on resources, implementation costs, unit proximity, and support requirements. The model can be used to provide decision makers with insights regarding resource utilization and shortfalls, and costs of implementing various stationing plan alternatives. Model development and data collection issues are discussed. Computational experience is given and techniques used to improve model performance are described.
- Subject
- application area; resource analysis; unit stationing forecast; OR methodology; integer programming
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/939597
- Identifier
- uon:12844
- Identifier
- ISSN:1082-5983
- Language
- eng
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