Steady state distributions for manpower models under conditions of growth
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Authors
Dupuy, Nan B.
Subjects
Manpower models
Steady state manpower models
Markov Chain manpower models
Steady state manpower models
Markov Chain manpower models
Advisors
Milch, Paul R.
Date of Issue
1985-09
Date
September 1985
Publisher
Language
en_US
Abstract
Markov Chain models have been used to forecast stocks in a wide range of manpower systems. Studies have been done in many areas such as education planning, hospital planning, manufacturing, private research and development, a women's military unit, the civilian workforce supporting the U.S. Navy and a state police organization. This study looks at such systems under conditions of change and develops the equations that describe the steady state distribution of personnel. The conditions of change include systems where recruitment is constant, increasing (decreasing) additively, or increasing (decreasing) multiplicatively and systems where the change is total system size are additively or multiplicatively increasing (decreasing). Numerical examples utilizing these models are provided, along with a computer program of the formulas written in the language APL.
Type
Thesis
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Department
Operations Research
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Format
88 p.
Citation
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.