Author: Edward G. Keating Elvira N. Loredo
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: analysis, pdm, speed, maintenance, programmed, depot, valuing
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2006
ISBN-10: 0833039687
ISBN-13: 9780833039682

Part of a larger RAND Project Air Force study on capability-based programming, this report introduces a revealed preference methodology to estimate the value to the United States Air Force of expediting F-15 fighter jet programmed depot maintenance (PDM). Such a valuation estimate would be useful in depot-level cost-benefit analysis. The authors rely on the fact that the Air Force has chosen to pay for intermittent PDM on F-15s to assert that F-15s must have enough value after PDM visits to justify PDM costs. Air Force expenditure data suggest that a typical fiscal year 2005 PDM visit cost abo

Authors: Edward G. Keating, Adam C. Resnick, Elvira N. Lor
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: analysis, pdm, maintenance, depot, aircraft, programmed, insights
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2008
ISBN-10: 083304298X
ISBN-13: 9780833042989

This technical report describes the F-15 programmed depot maintenance (PDM) process as performed at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center (WR-ALC) in FYs 2004-2006. WR-ALC has a sequential process that F-15s follow when undergoing PDM. The average WR-ALC F-15 PDM visit runs behind schedule. This problem was reduced in recent years, largely because planned durations became more realistic. Durations also seem longer because customers do not pick aircraft up as soon as they finish PDM. Pickup lags for F-15s based overseas are expected, because they are typically flown overseas in pairs to make m

Author: Francis X. McCarthy
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: overview, issues, program, mitigation, pre, disaster, fema
Number of Pages: 25
Published: 2011-01
ISBN-10: 1437929516
ISBN-13: 9781437929515

This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM), as federal law and a program activity, began in 1997. Congress established a pilot program, which FEMA named żProject Impact,ż to test the concept of investing prior to disasters to reduce the vulnerability of communities to future disasters. Contents of this report: (1) Overview of Pre-Disaster Mitigation: Program Purposes; (2) PDM Legislative and Appropriations History; (3) Mitigation Funding and Studies: Post-Katrina Funding; (4) Issues for Congressional Consideration: The Pace and Breadth of P

Authors: Elvira N. Loredo, Raymond A. Pyles, Don Snyder
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: capacity, workloads, availability, tool, assessment, maintenance, programmed, depot
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2007
ISBN-10: 0833040154
ISBN-13: 9780833040152

Aging U.S. Air Force fleets have deterioration problems, resulting in increased maintenance workloads. Nowhere are those increases more troubling than in the workloads associated with programmed depot maintenance (PDM), which can be significant, requiring 2,000 to 50,000 labor hours. RAND developed the PDM Capacity Assessment Tool (PDMCAT), applied it to the KC-135 PDM process, with three alternative forecasts of future workload and two fleet-size scenarios, to inform aircraft availability and resource allocation decisions. The PDMCAT forecasts the annual number of aircraft that will be in PDM

Author: Francis McCarthy
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: overview, issues, program, mitigation, pre, disaster, fema’s
Number of Pages: 25
Published: 2010-11
ISBN-10: 1437920535
ISBN-13: 9781437920536

Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM), as federal law and a program activity, began in 1997. Congress established a pilot program, which FEMA named ¿Project Impact,¿ to test the concept of investing prior to disasters to reduce the vulnerability of communities to future disasters. Contents of this report: (1) Overview of Pre-Disaster Mitigation: Program Purposes; Context and Trend; (2) PDM Legislative and Appropriations History; (3) Mitigation Funding and Studies: Post-Katrina Funding -- Competitive and Formula Grants; Grant Applications and Categories; (4) Issues for Congressional Consideration; (5

Author: Francis X. McCarthy
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: overview, issues, program, mitigation, pre, disaster, fema�s
Number of Pages: 25
Published: 2010-11
ISBN-10: 1437921590
ISBN-13: 9781437921595

This report discusses Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM), as federal law and a program activity, which began in 1997. Congress established a pilot program -- Project Impact -- to test the concept of investing prior to disasters to reduce the vulnerability of communities to future disasters. From its beginnings as żProject Impactż to its current state, the PDM program has grown in its level of appropriated resources and the scope of participation nationwide. Along with that growth have come issues for Congressional consideration, including the approach for awarding grant funds, the eligibility of

Author: Robert A Beezer
Publisher: Congruent Pre
Keywords: algebra, linear, course, first
Number of Pages: 542
Published: 2012-12-05
ISBN-10: 0984417559
ISBN-13: 9780984417551

A First Course in Linear Algebra is an introduction to the basic concepts of linear algebra, along with an introduction to the techniques of formal mathematics. It begins with systems of equations and matrix algebra before moving into the theory of abstract vector spaces, eigenvalues, linear transformations and matrix representations. It has numerous worked examples and exercises, along with precise statements of definitions and complete proofs of every theorem, making it ideal for independent study. Contents Table of Contents vi Contributors vii Denitions viii Theorems ix Notation x