Optimization-based routing and scheduling of IED-detection assets in contemporary military operations

[摘要] (cont.) A route clearance schedule and its associated risk-reduction metrics result. We conduct several experiments on the methods developed to test its validity and applicability. Our first experiment examines the effects of mission timing on IED risk reduction, and shows the difficulty in relating this timing to our knowledge of IED risk in the road network. The second experiment demonstrates the trade-offs associated with assigning different sectors of the road network to different route clearance teams versus assigning all teams to the entire network. Our last experiment confirms the value of having convoy and patrol schedules available when conducting route clearance planning. We conclude that the planning method developed, integrated with a graphical control interface, would provide a useful decision support tool for military planners scheduling route clearance operations.

[发布机构] Massachusetts Institute of Technology