The Enlisted Steady State-Simulation (ESS-SIM) Tool

Abstract

The Enlisted Steady State Simulation (ESS-Sim) tool was developed to provide insights into attainable levels of enlisted Fleet manning and to estimate the impact of policy changes on manning levels. It simulates the effects of policies and procedures to attain and sustain personnel inventories and to properly distribute them between sea and shore duty. Because Fleet manning is addressed and managed one community at a time, ESS-Sim operates one enlisted community at a time. The tool works in two phases. First, it simulates long-term, stead-state behavior that shows how inventories will evolve over time in response to a set of policies and procedures and obtain a stable steady-state inventory (i.e., it shows what's attainable and sustainable). Second, it simulates the transition from a current inventory towards the steady state to address situations that may arise today or in the near future due to the idiosyncracies of current inventories.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA608937

Entities

People

  • David M. Rodney
  • Molly F. Mcintosh
  • Peggy A. Golfin

Organizations

  • Center for Naval Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Basic Programming Language
  • Communities
  • Computations
  • Contracts
  • Governments
  • Instructions
  • Inventory
  • National Governments
  • Personnel Retention
  • Simulations
  • Steady State
  • Technical Information Centers
  • Training
  • Transitions
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Urban Areas

Readers

  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Systems Analysis and Design