Optimally Reorganizing Navy Shore Infrastructure

Abstract

The United States has significantly reduced defense spending since the end of the cold war for both its force Structure (equipment and manpower) and military support base (infrastructure). However, infrastructure reductions at the conclusion of legislated Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) continue to lag force structure reduction. Regionalization, outsourcing and homebasing are current United States Navy initiatives to reduce shore infrastructure spending without BRAC. While regionalization and outsourcing decrease the number of jobs needed on a shore installation, homebasing generally increases the number of available personnel. To jointly consider these opposing effects, we develop the Regionalization and Outsourcing Optimization Model (ROOM), an integer line program that suggests an optimal combination of regionalization and outsourcing for a Navy shore installation with personnel numbers altered by homebasing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA354007

Entities

People

  • Gerald G. Jerry Brown
  • Mitchell Kerman
  • Robert F. Dell

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Base Closures
  • Business Administration
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Cold War
  • Department Of Defense
  • Force Structure
  • Infrastructure
  • Linear Programming
  • Management Personnel
  • Manpower
  • Military Personnel
  • Operations Research
  • Optimization
  • Personnel Management
  • Second World War
  • United States

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