Forecasting the Numbers and Types of Enlisted Personnel in the United States Marine Corps: An Interactive Cohort Model.

Abstract

This report develops a model to forecast the total enlisted Marine Corps strength at the end of each quarter for one or two years into the future. The method involves a simple cohort model. The model is programmed in APL with a number of features which allow the user to interact in the forecasting procedure. He can introduce further projected retention policy changes or changes in the recruit population which might affect future predictions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA041169

Entities

People

  • Kneale T. Marshall

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attrition
  • Basic Training
  • Caucasians
  • Databases
  • Delphi Method
  • Education
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Equations
  • Marine Corps
  • Marine Corps Personnel
  • Operating Systems
  • Operations Research
  • Recruiting
  • Recruits
  • Steady State
  • United States

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense