USES OF AUTOMATED FORCE COST MODELS

Abstract

An automated force cost model is a device for rapidly computing resource and cost requirements of a force specified as to its composition in force units, deployments, equipping and manning levels, and numerous other cost- affecting characteristics. The newly established planning programming-budgeting cycle in the Department of Defense has created a greater demand for resources and cost estimating, and this has brought cost modeling into greater prominence. While actual operating experience with cost models has thus far been largely confined to the planning phase, there are substantial uses that can be visualized for models in programming and budgeting as well. After a discussion of the uses of cost models in planning, this Memorandum outlines the several uses in programming and budgeting, both as alternates to estimates by program managers and as adjuncts to them.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0403268

Entities

People

  • A. Proschan
  • R. N. Grosse

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Budget Estimates
  • Budgets
  • Business Administration
  • Computer Programming
  • Control Systems
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Cost Estimates
  • Cost Models
  • Costs
  • Data Processing
  • Data Processing Equipment
  • Department Of Defense
  • Force Structure
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Planning
  • Processing Equipment

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  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Systems Analysis and Design