Military Logistics: Research Advances and Future Trends (Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series)

This book highlights recent advances in the development of effective modeling and solution approaches to enhance the performance of military logistics. It seeks to further research in global defense-related topics, including military operations, governmental operations and security, as well as nation support. Additionally its purpose is to promote the global exchange of information and ideas amongst developers and users of military operations research tools and techniques.

Over the course of its nine chapters, this edited volume addresses significant issues in military logistics including: a) Restructuring processes via OR methods aimed at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the military logistics, b) Sense-and-Respond logistics prediction and coordination techniques that provide competitive advantage, spanning the full range of military operations across the strategic, operational and tactical levels of war, c) Procurement and auctioning, d) Inventory and stock control theories and applications, e) Military transport and logistical equipment, and, f) Maintenance, repair and overhaul on operational capability in general and equipment availability.

The book aims to bridge the gap between the abundant literature on commercial logistics and its scarce defense & combat counterpart. This collection of useful insights into new trends and research will offer an ideal reference for practitioners and army related personnel interested in integrating scientific rigor to improve logistics management within defense organizations & agencies. Ultimately this book should provide a relevant platform for the latest contributions of operations management, operations research, and computational intelligence towards the enhancement of military logistics.

本書突顯了在發展有效的建模和解決方案方法以提升軍事後勤性能方面的最新進展。它旨在進一步研究全球國防相關主題，包括軍事行動、政府運營和安全，以及國家支援。此外，它的目的是促進軍事行動研究工具和技術的開發者和使用者之間的全球信息和思想交流。

在九章的篇章中，這本編輯過的書籍討論了軍事後勤中的重要問題，包括：a) 通過運籌學方法重組流程，旨在提高軍事後勤的效率和效果，b) 提供競爭優勢的感知和響應後勤預測和協調技術，涵蓋戰略、作戰和戰術層面的全方位軍事行動，c) 採購和拍賣，d) 庫存和庫存控制理論和應用，e) 軍事運輸和後勤設備，以及f) 維修和檢修對整體運營能力和設備可用性的影響。

本書旨在彌補商業後勤豐富文獻與其稀缺的國防和戰鬥對應物之間的差距。這些有用的洞察力對於希望在國防組織和機構中整合科學嚴謹性以改善後勤管理的從業人員和軍事人員來說，將提供一個理想的參考。最終，本書應該為運營管理、運籌學和計算智能對提升軍事後勤的貢獻提供一個相關平台。