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- Title
A MODEL FOR EVALUATING VSTOL VERSUS CTOL COMBAT AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS.
- Authors
Horowitz, Seymour; Shishko, Robert
- Abstract
This paper describes a cost-effectiveness study of the use of vertical or short takeoff and landing (VSTOL) aircraft for combat missions. A comparison is made with conventional (CTOL) aircraft as tactical fighters in a future NATO environment. The conditions under which VSTOL and CTOL aircraft can be considered to be competitive systems are carefully described. A model yielding the "probability of completing n successive missions" is used as a measure of combat effectiveness. A cost model was constructed to reflect the resource impact of the same variables or alternatives that affect the measure of effectiveness. This integrated format is a necessary condition for the selection of least-cost designs capable of providing a given level of mission performance. A graphical summary of such a format is provided.
- Subjects
FIGHTER planes; SHORT take-off &; landing aircraft; MILITARY airplanes -- Combat survivability; FIGHTER plane combat; SYSTEM analysis; COST effectiveness; COST analysis; UTILITY functions; COMBAT; NORTH Atlantic Treaty Organization; MATHEMATICAL models
- Publication
Management Science, 1971, Vol 18, Issue 4, pB-186
- ISSN
0025-1909
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1287/mnsc.18.4.B186