A Method for Least-Cost Scheduling of Personnel through Training Course Sequences,

Abstract

The report presents an algorithm to find the five least-cost sequences for scheduling military personnel through a series of courses where the costs incurred are transportation costs. The algorithm adapts the implicit enumeration approach of integer programming to this pipeline flow problem and will require at least (n - 2.8)n factorial fewer computations than total enumeration, where n is the number of courses. It can also be used to determine the least-cost sequences when mixed travel modes are involved. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0783629

Entities

People

  • Chris D. Roach

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Computations
  • Computer Programming
  • Heuristic Methods
  • Integer Programming
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Mathematics
  • Military Personnel
  • Pipelines
  • Scheduling (Production)
  • Sequences
  • Training
  • Transportation

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Operations Research