A Semi-Markov Model for Military Officer Personnel Systems.
Abstract
The military officer personnel system is modeled as a semi-Markov process. The probability distributions descrribing state transitions are developed in terms of policy variables. Effects of changes in promotion policy and force size are studied for both a closed, steady state system and an open, transient situation. Moments of the joint distribution of officers in each rank are presented for all cases. A method for approximation of transient results from known distributions is formulated. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1971
- Accession Number
- AD0734972
Entities
People
- Randall Walter Austin
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School