The use of simulation in logistics policy research
Expert InsightsPublished 1959
Chapter 13 of a book entitled Les Choix Economiques: D#ecisions Sequentielles et Simulation, edited by Pierre Rosenstiehl and Alain Ghouila-Houri, published by Dunod, Paris, 1960. The book describes various aspects of simulation. This particular chapter discusses two large systems simulation experiments, exphasizing the methodology used. The experiments are those of RAND's Logistics Systems Laboratory: LP-I (an experiment to evaluate a set of proposed supply policies and procedures in a simulated Air Force environment) and LP-II (a study of a ballistic missile system in which supply, manning, equipping and maintenance policies and procedures were meshed with operational requirements and hardware reliability assumptions to yield measures of expected workload, supply requirements, operational effectiveness, and costs).
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- Year: 1959
- Pages: 2
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/pubs
- Document Number: P-1791
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