The Army New Personnel System Evaluation Model

Abstract

Manpower planning models have been used extensively by the Department of Defense for the past forty years. A manpower problem can be modeled as a Markov model, a linear goal program, or a combination of the two. Markov models use historical data to derive recruitment policies or to estimate the future structure of a manpower system. Linear goal programming models are used to evaluate the impact of changing a manpower policy, to determine recruitment policy, to forecast future budget requirements, and to establish the ability to significantly increase or decrease man strength in a short period of time. A combination of the two approaches is used to obtain optimal policies for a manpower system considering the cost and conflicting objectives. In this report, some of the models developed and techniques used for manpower planning are reviewed, and a new prototype model is developed. The model generator has been implemented in FORTRAN. Manpower planning, Linear programming, Markov model, Goal programming.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA273286

Entities

People

  • Farin Mohammadi
  • Jeffrey L. Kennington
  • Riad A. Mohammad

Organizations

  • Battelle Memorial Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Classification
  • Employment
  • Generators
  • Goal Programming
  • Inventory
  • Linear Programming
  • Management Personnel
  • Manpower
  • Markov Models
  • Mathematical Models
  • Mathematical Programming
  • Models
  • Operations Research
  • Personnel Management
  • Probability
  • Prototypes
  • Social Sciences

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Operations Research
  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense