A Force Structuring Model for a Moderately-Sized NATO Country

<p>Determining weapon platforms and munitions inventories is of great interest to senior military decision-makers. Because of the increasing cost of weapon systems and the vital importance of future procurement decisions senior decision-makers need to select the right balance of systems given limited budgets. The overall scope of this research is to develop a mathematical model which aids the decision-makers of a moderately-sized NATO country to develop their future force structure composition. The problem was handled by using some ideas from existing models and by adding some new approaches. The proposed algorithm determines the optimal force-structure for campaign goals by using linear program to allocate the optimal number of weapon systems and munitions against each target. The algorithm incorporates the procurement decisions of weapon platforms while aggregating many of the details of the campaign theater. By varying the cost of an aircraft and the conditions of hypothetical conflict situations the decision-makers are provided with a decision support tool for deciding the right mix of weapon systems and munitions. With the solution of a hypothetical conflict scenario sensitivity analysis is conducted to further analyze the results.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p><br>