Modelling force deployment from army intelligence using the transportation system capability (TRANSCAP) model : a standardized approach.

Journal Article · Thu Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 2004 · Math. Comput. Modelling J.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0895-7177(04)90551-1· OSTI ID:961139

Love, R J; Macal, C M

Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne) developed the transportation system capability (TRANSCAP) model to simulate the deployment of forces from Army bases, in collaboration with and under the sponsorship of the Military Transportation Management Command Transportation Engineering Agency (MTMCTEA). TRANSCAP's design separates its pre- and post-processing modules (developed in Java) from its simulation module (developed in MODSIM III). This paper describes TRANSCAP's modelling approach, emphasizing Argonne's highly detailed, object-oriented, multilanguage software design principles. Fundamental to these design principles is TRANSCAP's implementation of an improved method for standardizing the transmission of simulated data to output analysis tools and the implementation of three Army deployment/redeployment community standards, all of which are in the final phases of community acceptance. The first is the extensive hierarchy and object representation for transport simulations (EXHORT), which is a reusable, object-oriented deployment simulation source code framework of classes. The second and third are algorithms for rail deployment operations at a military base.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOD
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-06CH11357
• OSTI ID: 961139
• Report Number(s): ANL/DIS/JA-44921
• Journal Information: Math. Comput. Modelling J., Journal Name: Math. Comput. Modelling J. Journal Issue: Spec. 6-8 ; Jul. 2004 Vol. 39; ISSN MCMOEG; ISSN 0895-7177
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: ENGLISH

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