[Sample B: Approval/Signature Sheet] - George Mason University

More documents

Recommendations

Info

ABSTRACT COMPARING AND PRIORITIZING AIRCRAFT REQUESTS IN THE BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE Alessandro Sorgini D‘Amato, M.S. George Mason University, 2011 Thesis/Dissertation Director: Dr. Andrew G. Loerch Brazil is a huge country with vast natural reserves, mainly located in the Amazon region and the South Atlantic. In the last decade its economic growth and increasing importance in the global stage, have motivated Defense policies focused on the enhancement and strengthening of the Brazilian Armed Forces‘ operational capabilities. In the Brazilian Air Force (BAF), these policies are reflected mainly by the acquisition of new aircraft systems, which must be carefully selected according to the specific tasks and scenarios expected to be faced in the future. Hence, it is mandatory for the BAF to identify the required capabilities needed to accomplish the strategic objectives of the organization. The main purpose of this research is to develop a model composed of both a qualitative and a quantitative component, capable to function as a tool to compare how well different aircraft systems contribute to the accomplishment of the BAF‘s objectives and help decision makers to rank alternatives and define priorities among them.
1.1 Brazil’s Natural Resources 1. BACKGROUND Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world, both in terms of territory (8.5 million km²) and of population 1 (estimated 191 million inhabitants in 2010). 2 Brazil is also the biggest country in South America (see fig. 1) and has several different kinds of mineral resources that spread across a land with different physical characteristics. The Amazon rainforest, located in the North region of the Brazilian territory, occupies 49.29% of the country‘s area 3 and is rich in biodiversity and mineral resources like gold, silver, manganese, copper, bauxite, zinc, nickel, chromium, tin, niobium, uranium and tungsten. 4 1 ―CIA - The World Factbook,‖ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html (acessed November 30, 2010). 2 ―IBGE :: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística,‖ http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/presidencia/noticias/noticia_visualiza.php?id_noticia=1766&id_pagina=1 (accessed December 1, 2010). 3 ―IBGE : Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística,‖ http://www.ibge.gov.br/home/presidencia/noticias/noticia_visualiza.php?id_noticia=169 (accessed December 1, 2010). 4 Luiz Augusto Bizzi et al., eds., Geology, Tectonics and Mineral Resources of Brazil (Brasília, Brasil: CPRM, 2003), 365, http://www.cprm.gov.br/publique/media/abertura.pdf. 1
Page 2 and 3: Comparing and Prioritizing Aircraft
Page 4 and 5: DISCLAIMER This work contains ficti
Page 6 and 7: TABLE OF CONTENTS Page List of Tabl
Page 8 and 9: LIST OF TABLES Table Page Table 1:
Page 10 and 11: Figure 36: Utilities for Cargo (CGO
Page 14 and 15: Figure 1. Map of South America. 5 R
Page 16 and 17: - according to recent estimates - c
Page 18 and 19: transportation to others organizati
Page 20 and 21: Jobim points out that the lack of r
Page 22 and 23: 2.1 Systems Life Cycle in the BAF 2
Page 24 and 25: system. The generation of a POR con
Page 26 and 27: section (OPS) is subordinated to th
Page 28 and 29: According to Ralph Keeney, the stra
Page 30 and 31: 3. THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS AND METH
Page 32 and 33: the alternatives under analysis. 3.
Page 34 and 35: exhaustive representation of the me
Page 36 and 37: is met but does not directly measur
Page 38 and 39: Winterfeldt and Edwards argue that
Page 40 and 41: Moreover, the shape of the utility
Page 42 and 43: described by Kirkwood. 66 The aggre
Page 44 and 45: Additive independence is a stronger
Page 46 and 47: The multiplicative utility function
Page 48 and 49: 4.1 Decision Support 4. MODEL CONST
Page 50 and 51: of the overarching objective of the
Page 52 and 53: Figure 9. Decision Frame with Funda
Page 54 and 55: Force Application Force Awareness A
Page 56 and 57: The following definitions were adop
Page 58 and 59: Engagement Attack precisely Attack
Page 60 and 61: different from engaging a target in
Page 62 and 63:
Figure 19. Fundamental Objectives H
Page 64 and 65:
capability to engage targets in the
Page 66 and 67:
FORCE AWARENESS 2 DETECTION 2.1 INT
Page 68 and 69:
4.3.2 Assumptions As described befo
Page 70 and 71:
Using the objectives hierarchy in f
Page 72 and 73:
The next step was to verify the add
Page 74 and 75:
was found to be utility independent
Page 76 and 77:
An exponential SUF formula was used
Page 78 and 79:
4.3.4 Assessing weights Utility Fig
Page 80 and 81:
A2.4 Endurance ranged from 0 to 5,
Page 82 and 83:
5.1 Populating the Model 5. VALUE M
Page 84 and 85:
to replace Helicopter B (HLB), whic
Page 86 and 87:
OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY Utility for
Page 88 and 89:
1.000 Utility 0.000 Utility 1.000 0
Page 90 and 91:
the information already provided by
Page 92 and 93:
This type of analysis looks for poi
Page 94 and 95:
The great variations in the utility
Page 96 and 97:
Utility 0.560 0.000 0 100 Figure 42
Page 98 and 99:
As before, the weights variations w
Page 100 and 101:
used to check the effects of these
Page 102 and 103:
The actual thresholds can be define
Page 104 and 105:
8. CONCLUSION Brazil is a huge coun
Page 106 and 107:
Finally, this research intends to f
Page 108 and 109:
1.2 Maximize the survivability capa
Page 110 and 111:
4 Maximize the Force Support capabi
Page 112 and 113:
A1.6 Scope See A1.2 A1.7 Scope See
Page 114 and 115:
A 2.11 Capacity Amount of data that
Page 116 and 117:
APPENDIX 3 UTILITY FUNCTIONS 1 Maxi
Page 118 and 119:
1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0
Page 120 and 121:
1.2 Maximize the survivability capa
Page 122 and 123:
2.1.2 In the surface. 1 0.8 0.6 0.4
Page 124 and 125:
Utility Figure A3.17 - A2.7 Coverag
Page 126 and 127:
2.3.2 Using data 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2
Page 128 and 129:
3.2 Maximize the airlift capability
Page 130 and 131:
Utility 1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 1 0 0 2
Page 132 and 133:
1Force Application 0.3208 2 Force A
Page 134 and 135:
2 Force Awareness 0.3448 3 Force Mo
Page 136 and 137:
3 Force Mobility 0.1724 4 Force Sup
Page 138 and 139:
CARGO (CGO) Medium lift transport
Page 140 and 141:
UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAV) Medi
Page 142 and 143:
South Atlantic scenario: National o
Page 144 and 145:
2. Force Awareness Table A7-3. Syst
Page 146 and 147:
APPENDIX 8 GLOSSARY anti-submarine
Page 148 and 149:
econnaissance aircraft - aircraft e
Page 150 and 151:
REFERENCES Bizzi, Luiz Augusto, Jo
Page 152 and 153:
―IMINT - NIIRS National Image Int
Page 154 and 155:
Winterfeldt, Detlof von, and Ralph
show all

[Sample B: Approval/Signature Sheet] - George Mason University

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?