A military fleet mix problem for high-valued defense assets: A simulation-based optimization approach

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Highlights:

• A complex military fleet mix and upgrade problem is modelled and solved.

• The problem is solved by a novel hybrid simulation–optimization approach.

• The efficiency of the proposed approach is verified by a realistic Army case study.

• A constructed surrogate model is employed to replace the expensive simulation model.

• Our approach yields 2.4% and 7.2% more deployability than DE and GA, respectively.

摘要

•A complex military fleet mix and upgrade problem is modelled and solved.•The problem is solved by a novel hybrid simulation–optimization approach.•The efficiency of the proposed approach is verified by a realistic Army case study.•A constructed surrogate model is employed to replace the expensive simulation model.•Our approach yields 2.4% and 7.2% more deployability than DE and GA, respectively.

论文关键词:Military fleet mix problem,Readiness,Fleet modernization optimization,Genetic algorithm,Simulation model,Surrogate model

论文评审过程:Received 19 December 2021, Revised 25 September 2022, Accepted 1 October 2022, Available online 8 October 2022, Version of Record 17 October 2022.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2022.118964