The Optimal Location of Coast Guard Recruiting Offices.

Abstract

This thesis investigates the optimal location of Coast Guard Recruiting Offices and their recruiter allocation. Since quantity of recruits is not a problem with the Coast Guard, a reward model is developed to rate the quality potential of a recruiting area. This multiplicative model assumes that Navy recruiting performance can be used to predict Coast Guard recruiting potential. Integer dynamic programming is applied to determine the optimal allocation of recruiters using the reward model. A non-integer dynamic programming algorithm is also presented as a decision aid that can be used for recruiter allocation, quota assignment, boundary definition, recruiter performance evaluation, and recruiter time allocation. Paucity and possible errors in the Coast Guard data precluded strong conclusions about the reward model and subsequent results. Originator-supplied keywords include: Optimal, Location, Coast Guard, Recruiting, Recruit, Recruiters, and Dynamic programming.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA152125

Entities

People

  • T. W. Rolston

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Boundaries
  • California
  • Computer Programming
  • Dynamic Programming
  • Education
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Geographic Regions
  • Information Processing
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Measurement
  • Standards
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Two Dimensional
  • United States

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Oceanography.