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Brandon McConnell currently works as a research associate professor at North Carolina State University. His primary research focuses on military planning and decision-support models. His previous work includes models for expeditionary military logistics networks considering uncertainty and risk, additive manufacturing logistics, noncombatant evacuation operations, and air movement operations.
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Dataset contains school bus route information for each of the nine sub-districts in Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) as found from the individual school web pages in the fall of the 2023-2024 school year.
This study examines AH-64 Apache dispatch decisions to assess the implementation of operational readiness (OR) and maintenance policies in the US Army. Current policies are designed to promote a ready and flexible force that is prepared to respond to global force projection requirements. The Army dictates a 75% OR target for aviation equipment and...
Purpose - Demonstrate proof-of-concept for conducting NFL Draft trades on a blockchain network using smart contracts. Design/Methodology/Approach - Using Ethereum smart contracts, we model several types of draft trades between teams. An example scenario is used to demonstrate contract interaction and draft results. Findings - We show the feasibilit...
This study examines AH-64 Apache dispatch decisions to assess the implementation of Operational Readiness (OR) and maintenance policies in the US Army. Current policies are designed to promote a ready and flexible force that is prepared to respond to global force projection requirements. The Army dictates a 75% OR target for aviation equipment and...
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to improve the air movement operations planning heuristic in the literature to generate better solutions in a shorter time period.
Design/methodology/approach
Through a rigorous design of experiments (DOEs), we make significant heuristic improvements by evaluating alternative modular methodologies and tuning he...
This work expands the capabilities of the Digital Additive and Subtractive Hybrid (DASH) system by including "geometric qualification" of mechanical products. Specifically, this research incorporates the extended Additive Manufacturing Format files (AMF-TOL) which include American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Y14.5 specifications for plan...
Micro Nuclear Reactors (MNRs) are an emerging innovation in nuclear technology as small, portable, and self-sufficient reactor units in the size of a standard 40-foot shipping container. An MNR functions as a "nuclear battery," where each unit can power load capacities from 500 kilowatts (kW) to 5 megawatts (MW) over the lifetime of 1–10 years. Thi...
Purpose - Demonstrate proof-of-concept for an expanded blockchain smart contract based small-scale contracting process that includes an internally managed arbitration service to manage disputes. Design/Methodology/Approach - Using Ethereum smart contracts, we model a small-scale general contracting scenario with disruptions. Execution is demonstrat...
As the tempo of military operations slows, Army Medical Facilities are faced with a need to improve the efficiency of their clinics to provide timely service to the growing population of Soldiers who are spending more time at home station. Discrete event simulation was used to examine six scheduling and staffing policies for the Womack Army Medical...
This article develops a data-driven forecast of repair parts for the M109A6 Paladin self-propelled 155 mm howitzer, and this forecast drives a discrete-event simulation to assess requirements for Additive Manufacturing (AM) to be a feasible part of the U.S. Army’s expeditionary supply chain. Actual part demand from the initial invasion of Iraq in 2...
Purpose - Demonstrate proof-of-concept for negotiating and executing a small-scale contracting job based on letter of credit within a blockchain network using smart contracts. Design/Methodology/Approach - Using Ethereum smart contracts, we model a small-scale general contracting scenario under perfect conditions. Execution is demonstrated with the...
Purpose
Demonstrate proof-of-concept for conducting NFL Draft trades on a blockchain network using smart contracts.
Design/methodology/approach
Using Ethereum smart contracts, the authors model several types of draft trades between teams. An example scenario is used to demonstrate contract interaction and draft results.
Findings
The authors show...
This work expands the capabilities of the Digital Additive and Subtractive Hybrid (DASH) system by including "geometric qualification” of mechanical products. Specifically, this research incorporates the extended Additive Manufacturing Format files (AMF-TOL) which include American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Y14.5 specifications for plan...
US Army aviation units often organize into task forces to meet mission requirements. The manner in which they allocate assets affects their long-term capabilities to provide aviation support. We propose a model to allocate utility helicopters across geographically separated task forces to minimize the total time of flight and unsupported air moveme...
Purpose - Improve the air movement operations planning heuristic in the literature to generate better solutions in a shorter time period.
Design/Methodology/Approach - Through a rigorous design of experiments, we make significant heuristic improvements by evaluating alternative modular methodologies and tuning heuristic parameters for two scenari...
Purpose
The purpose of this study was to create an air movement operations planning model to rapidly generate air mission request (AMR) assignment and routing courses of action (COA) in order to minimize unsupported AMRs, aircraft utilization and routing cost.
Design/methodology/approach
In this paper, the US Army Aviation air movement operations...
Instances for the US Army Aviation Air Movement Request problem.
For more info, see:
Nelson, R.J., King, R.E., McConnell, B.M., and Thoney-Barletta, K. 2023. US Army Aviation air movement operations assignment, utilization and routing, Journal of Defense Analytics and Logistics, Published online ahead of print, https://doi.org/10.1108/JDAL-11-20...
The CHOISSE multi-stage framework for evaluating the effects of electronic checklist applications (e-checklists) on surgical team members' perception of their roles, performance, communication, and understanding of checklists is introduced via a pilot study. A prospective interventional cohort study design was piloted to assess the effectiveness of...
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate US noncombatant evacuation operations (NEO) in South Korea and devise planning and management procedures that improve the efficiency of those missions. Design/methodology/approach: It formulates a time-staged network model of the South Korean noncombatant evacuation system as a mixed integer line...
Uncertainty is rampant in military expeditionary operations spanning high-intensity combat to humanitarian operations. These missions require rapid planning and decision-support tools to address the logistical challenges involved in providing support in often austere environments. The US Army’s adoption of an enterprise resource planning system pro...
This paper presents a proof of concept for a Military Logistics Network Planning System (MLNPS) to be used during mission planning to quickly identify a robust logistical footprint that can adequately sustain units deployed in an expeditionary environment. The logistical network is modeled using an efficient form of goal-seeking deterministic discr...
Over the last decade, chemotherapy treatments have dramatically shifted to outpatient services such that nearly 90% of all infusions are now administered outpatient. This shift has challenged oncology clinics to make chemotherapy treatment as widely available as possible while attempting to treat all patients within a fixed period of time. Historic...
Purpose - Investigate the impact of additive manufacturing (AM) on the performance of a spare parts supply chain with a particular focus on underlying spare part demand patterns. Design/Methodology/Approach - This work evaluates various AM-enabled supply chain configurations through Monte Carlo simulation. Historical demand simulation and intermitt...
Purpose
The study aims to investigate the impact of additive manufacturing (AM) on the performance of a spare parts supply chain with a particular focus on underlying spare part demand patterns.
Design/methodology/approach
This work evaluates various AM-enabled supply chain configurations through Monte Carlo simulation. Historical demand simulatio...
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate US noncombatant evacuation operations (NEO) in South Korea and devise planning and management procedures that improve the efficiency of those missions.
Design/methodology/approach
It formulates a time-staged network model of the South Korean noncombatant evacuation system as a mixed integer linea...
Over the last decade, chemotherapy treatments have dramatically shifted to outpatient services such that nearly 90% of all infusions are now administered outpatient. This shift has challenged oncology clinics to make chemotherapy treatment as widely available as possible while attempting to treat all patients within a fixed period of time. Historic...
Uncertainty is rampant in military expeditionary operations spanning high intensity combat to humanitarian operations. These missions require rapid planning and decision-support tools to address the logistical challenges involved in providing support in often austere environments. The U.S. Army's adoption of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) sy...
This article develops a data-driven forecast of repair parts for the M109A6 Paladin self-propelled 155 mm howitzer, and this forecast drives a discrete-event simulation to assess requirements for Additive Manufacturing (AM) to be a feasible part of the U.S. Army’s expeditionary supply chain. Actual part demand from the initial invasion of Iraq in 2...
This paper presents a proof of concept for a Military Logistics Network Planning System (MLNPS) to be used during mission planning to quickly identify a robust logistical footprint that can adequately sustain units deployed in an expeditionary environment. The logistical network is modeled using an efficient form of goal seeking deterministic discr...
As the tempo of military operations slows, Army Medical Facilities are faced with a need to improve the efficiency of their clinics to provide timely service to the growing population of Soldiers who are spending more time at home station. Discrete event simulation was used to examine six scheduling and staffing policies for the Womack Army Medical...
