Optimal Officer Accession Planning for the U.S. Navy.
Abstract
A computer-based multiperiod goal programming model was developed to determine the number of officers that should be produced from each commissioning for each occupational specialty area. This model, which has been named the 'Accession Into Designators' (AIDS) model, considers practical and policy constraints on the operation of each commissioning source and the distribution of officers from each source to each specialty area. It uses observed continuation behavior that differs by source and specialty area in determining an accession plan that meets requirements in each specialty as closely as possible for the early portion of the typical career path, up through the department head level. The AIDS model has been evaluated with several versions of an Unrestricted Line (URL) accession planning problem. This problem concentrated on meeting choke point requirements for the submarine community. The AIDS model identified effects of tradeoffs among requirements at different points along the career path, tradeoffs among requirements in different specialty areas, and the differences among commissioning sources. The AIDS model is effective for accession planning and policy analysis purposes as a supplement to current planning procedures, and has been adopted for use by the Officer Program Implementation Branch (OP-130) of DCNO(MP&T).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA078030
Entities
People
- A. Charnes
- A. D. Burns
- E. S. Bres
- W. W. Cooper