Evaluating the Benefits and Costs of the Enlisted Personnel Allocation System (EPAS)
Abstract
The Army Research Institute, with the assistance of the General Research Corporation, is undertaking a project to modernize and improve the way the Army determines the Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) for which an individual should be trained. This project is called the Development of the Enlisted Personnel Allocation System (EPAS). A key task in the EPAS development is the performance of a benefit-cost analysis of the prototype system that will provides important information on the potential benefits of improving accession management and training seat allocation. To support the benefit-cost analysis, a series of simulations were run which demonstrated the capability of EPAS to operate feasibly under realistic scenarios. Further, EPAS is likely to produce substantial improvements over present soldier allocation procedures. Keywords: Army accessions; Classification; Man-job-match; Optimization; Benefit-cost analysis, REQUEST project, Army personnel, Army training.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1986
- Accession Number
- ADA177619
Entities
People
- Edward J. Schmitz
- Peter B. Mcwhite