Journal of Defense Analytics and Logistics: Volume 5 Issue 1

A heuristic approach applied to the fleet sizing problem for military ground vehicles

Dave C. Longhorn, John Dale Stobbs

This paper aims to propose two solution approaches to determine the number of ground transport vehicles that are required to ensure the on-time delivery of military equipment…

Predicting the effect of decompression sickness on survival following submarine tower escape

Geoff A.M. Loveman, Joel J.E. Edney

The purpose of the present study was the development of a methodology for translating predicted rates of decompression sickness (DCS), following tower escape from a sunken…

Analysis of the effects of spatiotemporal demand data aggregation methods on distance and volume errors

Zachary Hornberger, Bruce Cox, Raymond R. Hill

Large/stochastic spatiotemporal demand data sets can prove intractable for location optimization problems, motivating the need for aggregation. However, demand aggregation induces…

Powerful authentication regime applicable to naval OFP integrated development (PARANOID): a vision for non-circumventable code signing and traceability for embedded avionics software

Joe Garcia, Russell Shannon, Aaron Jacobson, William Mosca, Michael Burger, Roberto Maldonado

This paper aims to describe an effort to provide for a robust and secure software development paradigm intended to support DevSecOps in a naval aviation enterprise (NAE) software…

Augmenting the space domain awareness ground architecture via decision analysis and multi-objective optimization

Albert Vasso, Richard Cobb, John Colombi, Bryan Little, David Meyer

The US Government is challenged to maintain pace as the world’s de facto provider of space object cataloging data. Augmenting capabilities with nontraditional sensors present an…

Identification of critical factors for the implementation of reverse logistics in the manufacturing industry of Pakistan

Yousaf Ali, Khaqan Zeb, Abdul Haseeb Khan Babar, Muhammad Asees Awan

The purpose of this research is to identify major barriers to the implementation of reverse logistics (RL). Also, the study addresses best practices among reuse, remanufacture…