Robust Multi-Scenario Optimization of an Air Expeditionary Force

<p>Modern Times' bring change in all areas of life. Even the rate of change has changed and is still changing to increase its enormous speed even more. Newer and more challenging questions face the military analysts everyday putting a question mark at the end of their last answer. Recently the question of how to structure a robust air force to meet the requirements of competing uncertain future scenarios has been keeping analysts busy. The new world order does not tolerate only being able to respond to a single scenario anymore which once was considered a hard problem. Who knows what comes next? In this thesis we employ a robust optimization methodology to provide an answer to the multi-scenario optimization problem. The methodology uses a meta-heuristic Scatter Search to guide the search of the multi-scenario solution space obtained by the evaluations of Combat Forces Assessment Model the model currently used to respond to single theater scenario objectives. A Visual Basic\DOS routine performs the necessary interactions to find an Air Expeditionary Force structure robust across three notional threat scenarios.</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>