A Method for Assessing the Contribution Degree of an Aviation Delivery System and Identifying Key Equipment

doi:10.16182/j.issn1004731x.joss.25-0913E

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Based on the delivery efficiency and delivery quality, a general aviation delivery system effectiveness evaluation model was constructed, and a calculation method of system contribution degree based on efficiency was given. By combining the system calculation experiment and simulation experiment based on agent-based modeling and simulation (ABMS), the design idea of the Monte Carlo simulation experiment for key equipment identification and equipment technology development trend analysis was sorted out, and the key equipment identification method based on ABMS and contribution evaluation was proposed. By taking the intercontinental long-range aviation delivery mission as an example, a variety of simulation experiments were designed to evaluate the contribution degree of the system based on the simulation data of the efficiency index, analyze the impact of equipment changes on the efficiency and contribution degree and the contribution mechanism, identify the key equipment, and determine the development trend of equipment technology.

Key words: aviation delivery system, system contribution degree, agent-based modeling and simulation (ABMS), architecture modeling analysis

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Liu Xiaofeng, Jiang Chengze, Chen Xingyu, Jiang Deyin, Shang Bolin, Song Bifeng. A Method for Assessing the Contribution Degree of an Aviation Delivery System and Identifying Key Equipment[J]. Journal of System Simulation, 2026, 38(8): 2223-2249.

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Objects	Parameters	Numerical value
Sub-strategic transport aircraft	Cruising speed/(km/h)	750
	Maximum load	60 t/200 men (0.11 t/person)
	Voyage	4 200 km fully loaded
	Amount of oil/ t	84
	Loading and unloading time for individual supply pallet	Triangular(20, 30, 25) min
	Maximum number of trays to carry	60
Heavy strategic transport aircraft	Cruising speed/(km/h)	800
	Maximum load/t	120
	Voyage	4 000 km fully loaded
	Amount of oil/t	230
	Loading and unloading time for individual supply pallet	Triangular (20, 30, 25) min
	Maximum number of trays to carry	120
Loading platform shuttles	Carrying capacity/t	10
	Conveyor belt speed(m/s)	0.1
	Length/m	12.6
	Maximum number of pallets carrying supplies	10
	Preparation time before loading and unloading	Triangular (1, 2, 1.5) min
Airdrop mission plan	Material requirements/t Mission time/h	3 000 96
Environment	Distance between loading airfield and securing airfield/km	3 153
	Distance between securing airfield and destination airfield/km	3 313
	Total voyage/km	6 466
	Aircraft take-off interval/min	≥10
	Time of arrival at the loading airfield	uniform_discr (15，20) min
	Take-off/landing time of the transport aircraft	uniform_discr (15，20) min
Securing airfield	Amount of sub-strategic transport aircraft	10
Securing airfield	Amount of heavy strategic transport aircraft	6
Loading airfield	Amount of loading platform shuttles	5
Loading airfield	Transferring time from warehouse to loading area	uniform_discr (6, 10) min
Unloading airfield	Amount of loading platform shuttles	5
Unloading airfield	Transferring time from warehouse to loading area	uniform_discr (7, 13) min
Supply tray	Weight/t	1
Supply tray	Size/ m	1.0×1.2×1.5

Index variables	Minimum	Maximum	Step size	Number of experiment points
Speed v/(km/h)	800	900	10	11
Load m/t	120	180	10	7

Experiment	Gear changes	Amount of simulation of experiment point
A	Original equipment system	100
B	Standardization of loading platform ferries	100
C	The loading and unloading time of transport aircraft is shortened to 1-2 h	100
D	The loading and unloading time of transport aircraft is shortened to 1-2 h, and the loading and unloading platform shuttles are standardized	100

Experimental sites	Equipment changes
1	Original equipment system
2	Standardized loading platform shuttles
3	The loading and unloading time of transport vehicles has been shortened to 1-2 h
4	The maximum load of the transport aircraft is 120 t, and the speed is 900 km/h
5	The maximum load of the transport aircraft is 180 t, and the speed is 800 km/h
6	The loading and unloading time of the transport aircraft is shortened to 1-2 h, and the loading and unloading platform is standardized. The maximum load of the transport aircraft is 180 t, and the speed is 900 km/h