?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Robustness+and+Adaptability+Analysis+of+Future+Military+Air+Transportation+Fleets&rft.creator=Wesolkowski%2C+Dr+Slawomir+&rft.creator=Mazurek%2C+Mr+Michael+&rft.creator=Whitacre%2C+Dr+James+M&rft.creator=Abbass%2C+Dr+Hussein&rft.creator=Bender%2C+Dr+Axel&rft.subject=Dynamical+Systems&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.description=Making+decisions+about+the+structure+of+a+future+military+fleet+is+challenging.+Several+issues+need+to+be+considered%2C+including+multiple+competing+objectives+and+the+complexity+of+the+operating+environment.+A+particular+challenge+is+posed+by+the+various+types+of+uncertainty+that+the+future+holds.+It+is+uncertain+what+future+events+might+be+encountered+and+how+fleet+design+decisions+will+influence+these+events.+In+order+to+assist+strategic+decision-making%2C+an+analysis+of+future+fleet+options+needs+to+account+for+conditions+in+which+these+different+uncertainties+are+exposed.+It+is+important+to+understand+what+assumptions+a+particular+fleet+is+robust+to%2C+what+the+fleet+can+readily+adapt+to%2C+and+what+conditions+present+risks+to+the+fleet.+We+call+this+the+analysis+of+a+fleet%E2%80%99s+strategic+positioning.+Our+main+aim+is+to+introduce+a+framework+that+captures+information+useful+to+a+decision+maker+and+defines+the+concepts+of+robustness+and+adaptability+in+the+context+of+future+fleet+design.+We+demonstrate+our+conceptual+framework+by+simulating+an+air+transportation+fleet+problem.+We+account+for+uncertainty+by+employing+an+explorative+scenario-based+approach.+Each+scenario+represents+a+sampling+of+different+future+conditions+and+different+model+assumptions.+Proposed+changes+to+a+fleet+are+then+analysed+based+on+their+influence+on+the+fleet%E2%80%99s+robustness%2C+adaptability%2C+and+risk+to+different+scenarios.&rft.date=2009-06-16&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6577%2F1%2FTR-ALAR-200904006.pdf&rft.identifier=++Wesolkowski%2C+Dr+Slawomir++and+Mazurek%2C+Mr+Michael++and+Whitacre%2C+Dr+James+M+and+Abbass%2C+Dr+Hussein+and+Bender%2C+Dr+Axel++(2009)+Robustness+and+Adaptability+Analysis+of+Future+Military+Air+Transportation+Fleets.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6577%2F