TFDEA (version 0.9.8.3)

fighter_jet: Data: Fighter Jet technology forecasting data

Description

Technical data from fighter jets for technology forecasting.

Usage

data(fighter_jet)

Format

A data frame containing historical jet fighter data for technology forecasting.

CruiseSpeed

a numeric vector

FirstFlight

a numeric vector

Guns

a numeric vector

InstantaneousTurnRate

a numeric vector

MaintenanceHoursPerFlightHour

a numeric vector

MaximumMachNumber

a numeric vector

MeanFlightHoursBetweenFailure

a numeric vector

Name

a numeric vector

NumberOfBVRMissiles

a numeric vector

NumberOfDogfightMissiles

a numeric vector

NumberOfSimultaneousTargets

a numeric vector

Payload

a numeric vector

RadarRange

a numeric vector

Range

a numeric vector

RangeOfBVRMissiles

a numeric vector

RangeOfDogfightMissiles

a numeric vector

SeaLevelClimbRate

a numeric vector

SustainedTurnRate

a numeric vector

TakeoffRoll

a numeric vector

References

O. Inman, T.R. Anderson, R. Harmon, Predicting U.S. jet fighter aircraft introductions from 1944 to 1982: A dogfight between regression and TFDEA, Technol. Forecast. Soc. Change. 73 (2006) 1178~1187.

D.-J. Lim, T.R. Anderson, O.L. Inman, Choosing effective dates from multiple optima in Technology Forecasting using Data Envelopment Analysis (TFDEA), Technol. Forecast. Soc. Change. 88 (2014) 91~97.

Examples

# Reproduce the published results
data(fighter_jet)
attach(fighter_jet)
x <- data.frame(rep(1, 19)); row.names(x) <- Name
y <- data.frame(MeanFlightHoursBetweenFailure, Payload, MaximumMachNumber,
  RangeOfBVRMissiles);
row.names(y) <- Name
z <- data.frame(FirstFlight); row.names(z) <- Name
detach(fighter_jet)
TFDEA(x, y, z, 1960, rts="vrs", orientation="output", mode="dynamic",
  second="min", debug=0)