A Production Function Approach to the Measurement of Short Term Readiness of Navy Units

Abstract

The report constitutes some initial independent thoughts on an approach to the measurement of short run readiness of Navy units. Readiness is assumed to be expressed in terms of values associated with having the unit in a given state when certain requirements are imposed upon it as the result of the specification of a set of 'missions'. That is, readiness is associated with the ability of successfully complete a set of tasks rather than with the physical state of any material component or group of components of the system. The term 'short run; is used to distinguish the time periods over which readiness is determined from those where the response ability of the system can change due to obsolescense and deterioration as well as because of changing resource levels and mission requirements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0749694

Entities

People

  • Seymour Kaplan

Organizations

  • New York University

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aircrafts
  • Availability
  • Carrier Based Aircraft
  • Classification
  • Engineering
  • Intervals
  • Materials
  • Mathematical Programming
  • Measurement
  • New York
  • Operations Research
  • Production
  • Spare Parts
  • Specifications
  • Standards
  • Time Intervals

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  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Systems Analysis and Design