Technical Description and User's Guide for the Enhanced Total Objective Plan for Officer Procurement (TOPOPS)

Abstract

This report documents an enhancement of the previously developed TOPOPS model. The TOPOPS model simulates, via the FMPS UNIVAC 1108 linear programming package, the optimal numbers and types of Air Force officers to procure within a 5-year horizon. It is designed to simulate officer accession and training and achieve optimal solutions in terms of either cost minimization or quality maximization. This enhanced technical description discusses the expansion of the supply pool and training agency parameters, the increase in the allowable number of valid constraints, and the procedures whereby the model may be utilized. It enhances documentation on the previous TOPOPS model by expanding user flexibility in defining and managing model parameters. Sample input forms, a sample problem, and associated computer output are included.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA047607

Entities

People

  • Jon M. Knight
  • Larry T. Looper
  • Paul R. Stefancyk

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

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  • Human Systems

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  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Attrition
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Contracts
  • Human Resources
  • Linear Programming
  • Manpower
  • Mathematical Models
  • Models
  • Operations Research
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Procurement
  • Production
  • Training

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  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Systems Analysis and Design