The Region of Economic Influence Around a Military Installation.

Abstract

This thesis evaluated three separate methods currently used in the Department of Defense to determine the region of economic influence around a military installation. Mathematical models for prediction of employee distributions in the region of influence were also evaluated. When applied to data containing information on all civilian and military personnel at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio all three methods proved effective in identifying regions where 90 percent or more of the base employees lived, but the method used by the U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory was both effective and simple to use. A variation of a gravity model was found highly effective in predicting the distribution of employees as a function of county population and the distance from the base to the county. The consideration of annual wages was found to add little to the study of the region of influence with the distribution of wages following the distribution of employees very closely. The possibility of using zip code areas as basic statistical units was found less desirable due to higher variances in model performance. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA044191

Entities

People

  • John G. Johnson
  • Richard G. Wilmes

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Analysis
  • Economic Impact
  • Employment
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Families (Human)
  • Grids
  • Ions
  • Military Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Plastic Explosives
  • United States

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