Dynamic air tasking evaluation in a simulated network-centric battlespace

DOI10.1504/IJOR.2009.024527MaRDI QIDQ840566zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Madjid Tavana, Matthew D. Bailey, Timothy E. Busch

Publication date 13 September 2009

Published in International Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1504/IJOR.2009.024527

zbMATH Keywords

air assetsair tasking evaluationdynamic air taskingjoint air operations (JAO)mission packagesmodellingmulti-criteria decision analysis (MCDA)multi-hop connectivitynetwork optimisationnetwork-centric battlespacesimulationtask allocationvehicle pathsvehicle-target assignmentVoronoi networkwarfare

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50) Case-oriented studies in operations research (90B90)

Review text

Summary: Joint Air Operations (JAO) are historically designed through centralised planning using static air tasking that assigns air assets to mission packages for the purpose of achieving campaign objectives. The current methodology cannot anticipate changes in the battlespace nor take advantage of real-time information. In this study, we develop a simulation model of the battlespace that utilises a Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) model to assign vehicles to targets by considering four competing objectives (effort, effectiveness, efficiency, and connectivity). A Voronoi network is used to determine the paths of vehicles to their assigned targets and network optimisation is used to validate the quality of the assignments. The results indicate that dynamic air tasking is considerably more effective and more efficient than static air tasking.

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