Resource Allocation Modeling for Military Systems and Technology Acquisition

Abstract

Resource allocation requires the institutionalization of processes to allow collection, structuring and maintenance of information for decision-making and the application of tools to evaluate that information. The Resource Allocation Model described in this paper is suggestive of the nature of the type of evaluation tools which must be made available to our public institutions. With a methodology based in multiple criteria decision modeling and dynamic programming, the Resource Allocation Model provides the structures and tools for requirement and capability forecasting, program length evaluation, cost/benefit evaluation, risk evaluation, and program accomplishment evaluation. Application of this or similar programs and tools is gaining broader acceptance and use in our public institutions with various degrees of implementation and success. Development of increasingly capable information processing systems is expected to accelerate this advancement, given our need to manage increasingly complex systems and technology in an increasingly dynamic environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA208131

Entities

People

  • Richard G. Honneywell

Organizations

  • Wright Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Basic Programming Language
  • Classification
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Costs
  • Databases
  • Dynamic Programming
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Mathematical Models
  • Risk
  • Risk Analysis
  • Solar Panels

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Economics
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).