An Evaluation of the Suitability of Air Force Operations and Maintenance Funding for Use in a Nomothetic Model

Abstract

The Department of Defense's Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) process provides the foundation for integrating mission requirements with limited resources. However, in doing so, it places a significant burden on financial management professionals frequently requiring that critical, skilled resources be occupied with creating documentation rather than in accomplishing higher level analysis. It is possible that models could be used within the PPBE process to streamline the work done to provide estimates of needed resources. However, such a model would be valid only if it could be proved that the data used within the model was suitable for such purposes. A nomothetic model could potentially be the modeling framework but only if the source data met the model's three criteria.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA500486

Entities

People

  • Jeff Daniel

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air Force Operations
  • Budgets
  • Business Administration
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Estimates
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Financial Management
  • Maintenance
  • Money
  • Regression Analysis
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

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