Validating and improving existing JLOTS throughput models with the use of historical weather data
By: by Harold T. Workman
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Techincal Information Service
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
Description: The practice of Joint Logistics Over the Shore (JLOTS), whereby strategic sealift assets are off-loaded without the benefit of fixed port facilities has emerged as one viable technique which could alleviate certain situational sustainment problems. The ability to successfully conduct JLOTS operations, however, is presently limited by several factors,  the most significant of which is the  ependency of JLOTS operations upon favorable wind,  weather, and sea state conditions. Presently, the few analytical JLOTS throughput models in existence have very limited incorporation of environmental parameters. With this in mind, this thesis attempts to both validate and improve the most widely acclaimed JLOTS  throughput model, the Joint Over the shore Transportation Estimator (JOTE) developed by the Logistics Management Institute (LMI). The validation centers upon identifying the demands placed upon the user when employing JOTE as well as assessing the validity of its computational methodology. As a means of improving JOTE and rendering it more viable as a planning tool, this thesis introduces a supplement entitled the SEA
Notes: Thesis advisor(s): Dan C. Boger.

"September 1996."

Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research ) Naval Postgraduate School, September 1996.

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