Development of a Personal Computer-Based Enlisted Personnel Allocation System (PC-EPAS)

Abstract

This report summarizes the development of tile PC-Based Enlisted Personnel Allocation System (EPAS) through completion of the Functional Description phase (circa 1998). EPAS is a software system designed to introduce person-job-match optimization into REQUEST, the Army's training reservation system. This report reflects the results of research conducted and sponsored by the U.S. Army Research Institute over the 1993 - 1998 period. This work established the feasibility of using sophisticated optimization procedures to improve classification efficiency, as well as the additional classification gains made possible by utilizing measures of soldier performance as assignment composites in the classification process. The production version of EPAS, designed as an enhancement to and subsystem of REQUEST, will be transparent to Army applicant and career counselor. Evaluation field-testing is scheduled for FY 2002-2003.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA399441

Entities

People

  • Mary Ann Lightfoot
  • Peter B. Mcwhite
  • Peter M. Greenston
  • Tirso E. Diaz

Organizations

  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

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  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Science
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personal Computers
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Training
  • Training Management

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