Bart E. Bennett

Senior Operations Researcher; Professor of Operation Research, Pardee RAND Graduate School

Santa Monica Office

Education

Ph.D. and M.S.E. in mathematical sciences, Johns Hopkins University; B.S. in mathematics/computer science, University of California, Los Angeles

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Overview

Bart Bennett is a senior operations researcher at the RAND Corporation and a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. With 35 years of experience performing policy-oriented analyses, he has led and conducted research in such diverse areas as military manpower, advanced technology, education and training, military operations, aircraft survivability, defense planning for both strategic and tactical forces, health care, inventory systems and production planning and scheduling. In recent years, Bennett's research has focused on senior leader development for the U.S. Air Force and the contribution of advances in sensor technologies for performing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions.

Much of Bennett’s research has relied on large-scale simulation modeling and the analysis of computational experiments. He participated in the development of exploratory analysis as a way of handling multicriteria decision problems and better understanding large, multidimensional systems.

Bennett co-teaches an Optimization and Simulation course at Pardee RAND, and a course on dissertaton development. He has served on 30 dissertation committees as well as the admissions committee, the reaccreditation committee, the first and second year review committee, the qualifying/preliminary exam committee, and the Faculty Committee for Curriculum and Appointments, the school's primary advisory committee.

Bennett served for five years as the manager of the Management Sciences Group at RAND, supervising operations researchers, management scientists, cost analysts, and unit administrators throughout the organization.

He received his Ph.D. in mathematical sciences from Johns Hopkins University.

Research Focus

Pardee RAND Graduate School Courses

Concurrent Non-RAND Positions

Project Leader

Recent Projects

Analyses of enlisted initial skills training
Senior officer management
Optimal basing posture for U.S.-based forces
Quantitative measures of the resiliency of nuclear weapon system architectures

Selected Publications

Harrington, Lisa M, Bennett, Bart, Best, Katharina Ley, Frelinger, Dave, Mayberry, Paul W., Mikolic-Torreira, Igor, Bae, Sebastian J,. Bicksler, Barbara A., Davis, Lisa, Deane-Shinbrot, Steven, Fleming, Joslyn, Goirigolzarri, Benjamin, Hanson, Russell, Ja, Realigning the stars : a methodology for reviewing active component general and flag officer requirements., RAND (RR-2384-OSD), 2018

Caitlin Lee, Bart E. Bennett, Lisa M. Harrington, Darrell D. Jones, Rare birds? : understanding and addressing Air Force underrepresentation in senior joint positions in the post-Goldwater-Nichols era , (RR-2089-AF), 2017

Lisa M. Harrington, Kathleen Reedy, John Ausink, Bart E. Bennett, Barbara Bicksler, Darrell Jones, Daniel Ibarra, Air Force non-rated technical training : opportunities for improving pipeline processes , (RR-2116-AF), 2016

Thomas Manacapilli et al., Finding the Balance Between Schoolhouse and On-the-Job Training, RAND Corporation (MG-555-AF), 2007

Thomas Manacapilli and Bart Bennett, A User's Guide to the Technical Training Schoolhouse Model, RAND Corporation (TR-378-AF), 2007

Thomas Manacapilli et al., Air Education and Training Command Cost and Capacity System: Implications for Organizational and Data Flow Changes, RAND Corporation (MR-1797-AF), 2006

Don Snyder, Christian Johnson, Parousia Rockstroh, Lance Menthe, Bart Bennett, Graph Theoretic Algorithms for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Program: Prioritization and Scheduling, (RR-A583-1), 2020 (forthcoming)

Honors & Awards

Baarchi Prize, Military Operations Research Society

Languages

German

Publications

Report
Graph Theoretic Algorithms for the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Program: Prioritization and Scheduling
The Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program is large and complex and has many interdependent tasks that must proceed efficiently. The authors of this report present novel methods to help program managers avoid rework and reduce schedule risk.
Nov 8, 2021
Report
Fighter Basing Options to Improve Access to Advanced Training Ranges
The authors explore U.S. Air Force squadron restationing and range upgrade options that can maximize access to advanced live training ranges while evaluating cost and risk measures associated with these options.
Feb 5, 2021
Report
Analysis of Global Management of Air Force War Reserve Materiel to Support Operations in Contested and Degraded Environments
In this report, RAND researchers evaluate management approaches and global prepositioning strategies for war reserve materiel, which may help mitigate some of the U.S. military's vulnerabilities when operating in a contested environment.
Jan 14, 2021
Tool
A Modeling Framework for Optimizing U.S. Air Force Fighter Pilot Access to Advanced Training Ranges
This tool presents the technical details of an optimization model for the U.S. Air Force to analyze the potential effectiveness of different combinations of range upgrades and squadron restationing to improve access to advanced ranges.
Sep 24, 2020
Report
Air Force Nonrated Technical Training: Selected Topics to Improve Efficiency
The authors identify insights relevant to Air Force technical training from how colleges and universities size their instructor corps, best practices associated with supply chain management, and approaches for developing a flexible instructor pool.
Jun 29, 2020
Report
Realigning the Stars: A Methodology for Reviewing Active Component General and Flag Officer Requirements
The authors developed and employed a methodology to review general and flag officer requirements in the U.S. military, used results to identify opportunities to eliminate or downgrade positions, and explored the implications of reductions.
Oct 22, 2018
Report
Air Force Non-Rated Technical Training: Opportunities for Improving Pipeline Processes
This report identifies opportunities for optimizing processes and policies in the U.S. Air Force nonrated technical training pipeline and recommends process and policy changes that could improve efficiency at all levels.
Dec 18, 2017
Research Brief
Air Force Senior Leader Representation in the Joint Community
Airmen are underrepresented in senior joint positions critical to shaping U.S. national security strategy and warfighting capability. Increasing competitiveness for senior joint positions may entail risks and will require cultural transformation.
Oct 3, 2017
Report
Rare Birds: Understanding and Addressing Air Force Underrepresentation in Senior Joint Positions in the Post–Goldwater-Nichols Era
To help the Air Force increase representation in the most-senior joint positions, this report quantifies Air Force representation in those positions and recommends how the Air Force might control factors shaping joint leader selection.
Oct 3, 2017
Research Brief
The Cost of Producing New Airmen Can Be Reduced with a Better Mixture of On-the-Job Training and Schoolhouse Courses
This research brief examines the balance between schoolhouse courses and on-the-job training in the Air Force and suggests that a better mixture could be more cost-effective at producing new airmen.
Apr 8, 2007
Report
Finding the Balance Between Schoolhouse and On-the-Job Training
Develops a methodology to determine the most cost-effective combination of initial skills training and on-the-job training for enlisted airmen.
Mar 26, 2007
Research Brief
Managing Cost and Capacity Data in the Air Force's Air Education and Training Command
This research brief suggests measures to improve the flow and usage of cost and capacity data in the Air Force's technical training programs.
Dec 4, 2006
Report
A User's Guide to the Technical Training Schoolhouse Model
This report serves as a user's guide for the RAND schoolhouse model, which was developed to inform policy decisions regarding technical training pipeline issues within the Air Education and Training Command (AETC).
Nov 29, 2006
Report
Air Education and Training Command Cost and Capacity System: Implications for Organizational and Data Flow Changes
Improving the Air Force's training management and decision processes.
2004
Report
Weapon Mix and Exploratory Analysis: A Case Study
A new approach to model-based analysis--exploratory analysis--expands on traditional analytic approaches to enhance understanding of complex problems, provides a wider range of information for decisionmakers, and improves comparisons.
1997
Research Brief
Bigger and Better Campaign Models: Will They Improve Decisionmaking?
The authors urge DoD and the Services to balance their investment in models with a concerted effort to make the analytic process more transparent, effective, and open to review and with investments in data development and accessibility.
1996
Report
Modeling for Campaign Analysis: Lessons for the Next Generation of Models: Executive Summary
The U.S. military's increasing use of computer modeling has clear benefits, among them the ability to better inform decisionmakers and reduced exercise costs.
1996
Report
Quality in policy modeling
This paper is a first step in rethinking the ways in which organizations carry out mathematical modeling and policy analysis. Presenting a paradigm for analyzing policy research environments, the authors graphically depict ways modeling efforts inter...
1991
Report
A Conceptual Design for the Model Integration and Management System
The Model Integration and Management System (MIMS) is a structured modeling framework designed to simplify the installation or creation of models within a common environment as part of RAND's Military Operations Simulation Facility (MOSF).
1989
Report
The RAND Military Operations Simulation Facility: An Overview
Provides an overview of the features of the MOSF for users of the facility and for those who are interested in the Military Operations Simulation Facility (MOSF)'s general capabilities.
1986