Mixed,-Initiative Resource Manage inent: The AMC Barrel Allocator

!n Ill[,. palwr, we drscrib,. Ihe Barr’<l ..lll:,,’a£of, :’..,.cheduling Leo[ drvt:lopt-d for day-to-day allocation m’d m",Jatagemrtlt of airlift and tmhker l’t’,’.,.OllrC,’.’.., ilt the [’SAI" .’kit" Mobility {’<)lrllll~.~lld (AMt’j. The syat, en.i utilizes ml illcrenmnt+~l arid configura[~i,z con~trailit-l,a.-,cd ~carch framework to pi’O~, idua r.;ttlgc of &UtOl|l,tt.t:d ;.u|d ~t:mi-,J.lit,)tltated -whrduhng c;l,pabilities, including generating an initial solution It) the fleet assignmenl problrm, selL.clive re-optimize!ion el resource allocations uo i:lcorporare new higher priority missions while nlininlizing sohlt.ion C]lallge, merging o[" previously planned mission.-, t.o reduce non-productive flying t,ime, attd generation and synchronization of tanker missions to satisfy air refueling requiremerits. In situations where all mission requirements calulot b(! incL. the system can generate mlcl compare el.It ernalive constraint relaxation eel ions. The currrnt version of Barrel Allocator will ̄ t go illto operational use el. AMC as a module of (-~[{Please 2.0 of AM . s Consolidated Air Mobility Planning System (CAM PS) in early 2000.