The PRECiS Environment
Pacifica Limited Power Projection---Force Movements

Glen A. Reece
Department of Artificial Intelligence
University of Edinburgh

Austin Tate
Artificial Intelligence Applications Institute
University of Edinburgh

David I. Brown
Mitre Corporation

Mark Hoffman
ISX Corporation

Rebecca E. Burnard
ISX Corporation

16 March 1994

Version 2.0

Scenario described by:
Planning Initiative Integrated Feasibility Demonstration-2 Team

Last Updated: Wed Jun 7 14:29:59 1995

Transportation planning/scheduling problems address issues involved in satisfying the constraints associated with moving entities such as aircraft, ships, and personnel to seaports, airports, etc. This scenario was developed to emulate the movement requirements used during the Planning Initiative IFD-2. The movements described in Table A1 calculate force movements which meet a particular set of requirements using a set of allocated resources.

Currently, this scenario is set up as a "scheduling problem" with the input provided being the high-level movement requirements, schedule, and list of resources and resource capabilities.

In the future, another document will be added to this series that describes the initial situation and goals that would allow a planning system to construct an alternative high-level Course of Action (COA).

1 Example Movement Requirements

Table 1.1, next page, contains a set of "movements" to describe one COA to solve the Pacifica scenario. This table shows the requirements of a set of force movements to accomplish a "limited power projection" show-of-force mission relating to the island of Pacifica. For each bold outlined section in the table, the first line describes the overall requirements of an individual unit, for instance, the 87th-F16 squadron originates from McCord Air Force Base (PSBD), will be ready to load on crisis date 0, is destined for the airport in Calypso, Pacifica, and must arrive there no later than C+34. The remaining lines in that section describe the component moves necessary to achieve this unit move requirement. The sea transport components will leave from Tacoma, Washington, travel to the seaport at City-K, Country-X and then on to Calypso. The air transport components will leave from McCord AFB, travel to the airport at City-K, Country-X and then on to Calypso airport.

Figure 1.1 describes these movements graphically. 


Unit ID		Unit Type	Origin	RLD	Destination	RDD	Mode	POE	POD	LAD	

BB62-SAG	SAG		UTBS	0	NCLS		21	

BB62-SAG			UTBS		NCLS		21	SEA	UTAC	NCLS	21	

CV66-ACS	ACS		SYZP	0	NCLS		15	

CV66-ACS			SYZP		NCLS		15	SEA	SYZZ	NCLS	15	

87th-F16	891		PSBD	0	CPSA		34	

87th-F16			PSBD		UCKA		30	AIR	PSBD	UCKA	29	

87th-F16			PSBD		UCKS		33	SEA	WPVT	UCKS	32	

87th-F16			UCKS		CPSA		34	SEA	UCKS	CLPS	33	

87th-F16			UCKA		CPSA		34	AIR	UCKA	CPSA	34	

86th-F16	891		PSBD	0	CPSA		25	

86th-F16			PSBD		UCKA		21	AIR	PSBD	UCKA	20	

86th-F16			PSBD		UCKS		25	SEA	WPVT	UCKS	24	

86th-F16			UCKS		CPSA		25	SEA	UCKS	CLPS	24	

86th-F16			UCKA		CPSA		25	AIR	UCKA	CPSA	25	

27th-F15	89B		PSBD	0	CPSA		34	

27th-F15			PSBD		UCKS		30	SEA	WPVT	UCKS	29	

27th-F15			PSBD		UCKA		30	AIR	PSBD	UCKA	29	

27th-F15			UCKS		CPSA		34	SEA	UCKS	CLPS	33	

27th-F15			UCKA		CPSA		34	AIR	UCKA	CPSA	34	

83rd-LIB	LIB		JKFQ	0	DLTA		34	

83rd-LIB			JKFQ		NCLA		29	AIR	PSBD	NCLA	29	

83rd-LIB			JKFQ		NCLS		33	SEA	WPVT	NCLS	32	

83rd-LIB			JKFQ		DLTS		34	SEA	WPVT	DLTS	33	

83rd-LIB			NCLS		DLTS		34	SEA	NCLS	DLTS	33	

83rd-LIB			NCLA		DLTA		34	AIR	NCLA	DLTA	33	

57th-IMF	IMF		JKFQ	0	DLTA		34	

57th-IMF			JKFQ		NCLA		29	AIR	PSBD	NCLA	29	

57th-IMF			JKFQ		DLTA		33	SEA	WPVT	DLTS	32	

57th-IMF			JKFQ		NCLS		34	SEA	WPVT	NCLS	33	

57th-IMF			NCLS		DLTA		34	SEA	NCLS	DLTS	33	

57th-IMF			NCLA		DLTA		34	AIR	NCLA	DLTA	33	

199th-IMB	IMB		JKFQ	14	DLTA		34	

199th-IMB			JKFQ		DLTA		34	SEA	WPVT	DLTS	33	

199th-IMB			JKFQ		NCLS		32	SEA	WPVT	NCLS	31	

199th-IMB			JKFQ		NCLA		29	AIR	PSBD	NCLA	29	

199th-IMB			NCLS		DLTA		34	SEA	NCLS	DLTS	32	

199th-IMB			NCLA		DLTA		34	AIR	NCLA	DLTA	33	

1st-MEB-A	701		ETZB	10	NCLS		21					

1st-MEB-A			ETZB		NCLS		21	SEA	UTAC	NCLS	21	

3rd-ACR		ACR		UTLR	10	DLTA		26	

3rd-ACR				UTLR		DLTS		26	SEA	UTLS	DLTS	25	

3rd-ACR				UTLR		DLTS		26	SEA	UTLS	DLTS	25	

3rd-ACR				UTLR		9CNA		21	AIR	UTKY	9CNA	21	

3rd-ACR				UTLR		DLTS		26	SEA	UTLS	DLTS	24	

3rd-ACR				9CNA		DLTA		26	AIR	9CNA	DLTA	25
Table 1.1: Movement Records


Figure 1.1: Graphic Force Movement

2 Allocated Resources

The following are the resource allocations for the Pacifica Limited Power Projection Scenario.

2.1 Airlift

All aircraft are available as of day 0 at US locations. Most aircraft will be available at PSBD (McCord AFB, WA). However, 5 C-5 aircraft and 10 C-141 aircraft will be available at UTKY (San Francisco, CA). All airlift aircraft are allocated throughout the entire operation.

For political reasons, we are not allowed to land either C-5 or C-141 aircraft in Pacifica. Only C-130 airlifts will be allowed. The B747 aircraft are not allowed due to emminent danger to the aircraft. 


Aircraft Type	No. Available 

C-5		56	

C-141		185	

C-130		128
Table 2.1: Aircraft Availability

2.2 Sealift

C+X indicates the day that the ships become available. Once a ship is available, it continues to be available throughout the entire operation. Assume (i) all Breakbulk become available at WPVT (Tacoma, WA), (ii) all Container ships become available at UTAC (San Diego, CA), (iii) all LASH become available at UTAC (San Diego, CA), (iv) all the RORO become available at WPVT (Tacoma, WA.), and (v) all the Sea Barge become available at UTLS (San Francisco, CA). 


Sealift:	C+0	C+2	C+4	C+5	C+10 

Breakbulk	8	3	0	7	2	

Container	0	2	0	1	0	

LASH		0	3	3	0	0	

RORO		1	2	3	0	0	

Sea Barge	0	1	1	0	0
Table 2.2: Ship Availability