information operations planning

Anticipatory planning in information operations

The doctrinal definition of Information Operations (IO) focuses exclusively on offensive and defensive activities. This paper proposes extending the definition of IO to include information efficacy. Then it describes a new approach to military planning and execution called Anticipatory Planning. This approach seeks to merge planning and execution, and replaces reaction to events with anticipati...

Economics, Planning and Operations

Linear programming is a tool that has yet to reach its full potential in power system engineering. To illustrate in a tutorial style how it is currently being applied and how its use evolved, applications are outlined in three areas: generation scheduling, loss minimization through allocation of reactive power supply, and planning of capital investments in generation equipment. The applications...

Multiple-organizational coordination planning for humanitarian relief operations

In humanitarian relief operations (HRO), due to the excessive number of relief organizations, multiple organizational coordination is a demanding and complicated task. Considering such a problem, this paper proposes a two-phase mechanism to coordinate multiple heterogeneous relief organizations in a decentralized HRO logistics network. To address such a problem, first a bi-level mixed integer l...

Planning Robust Freight Transportation Operations

Tools for Operations Planning (TOPL2)

TOPL is a suite of tools to specify operational improvements including ramp metering, incident and demand management, auxiliary lanes, traveler information, and to quickly estimate the benefits that such improvements can realize. TOPL is based on the macroscopic cell transmission model (CTM). Advances under TOPL2 can be classified under (1) theory, (2) software and algorithms, and (3) applicati...

Chemotherapy operations planning and scheduling

Chemotherapy operations planning and scheduling Ayten Turkcan a , Bo Zeng b & Mark Lawley c a Northeastern University, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 02115, Boston, MA, USA b University of South Florida, Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, Tampa, FL, USA c Purdue University, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, West Lafayette, IN, USA Accepted author version posted online...