Manpower Planning with Uncertain Requirements

Abstract

A longitudinal model of a manpower system in which the demands for effective manpower is determined by the state of a finite Markov chain, and there are delays in training an adequate supply of effective manpower is examined. An operational method of calculating optimal appointment policies is presented. This calculation can in turn be used to find the equilibrium operating rules for the system. The model is a useful device for measuring the impact of alternate assumptions about continuation rates, manpower utilization policies, the demands, and the transition probabilities in the demand process.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0773113

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People

  • Richard C. Grinold

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

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  • Human Systems

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  • California
  • Classification
  • Computer Programming
  • Costs
  • Dynamic Programming
  • Equations
  • Manpower
  • Manpower Utilization
  • Markov Chains
  • Military Research
  • Operations Research
  • Personnel Management
  • Probability
  • Random Variables
  • Training
  • Transitions
  • United States

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  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Mathematical Modeling and Probability Theory.