Marine thirty-year plan
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Authors
Enholm, Jacob C.
Subjects
Manpower planning
Personnel
Optimization
MArine Corps enlisted strength
Manpower attrition
Personnel
Optimization
MArine Corps enlisted strength
Manpower attrition
Advisors
Wood, R. Kevin
Buttrey, Samuel E.
Date of Issue
2002-03
Date
March 2002
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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Abstract
The U.S. Marine Corps is in need of a unified enlisted manpower model to guide the recruiting, training, promoting and discharging of an enlisted force of over 153,000 Marines. This thesis develops a set of linear programs (LPs) for this purpose. Each LP optimizes the estimated manpower structure within an occupational field by varying the number of recruits, promotions, and lateral moves over a 30-year time horizon, at a yearly level of detail. The goal is to meet annual force-level targets specified by Headquarters Marine Corps for cohorts defined by occupational specialty, and rank. Estimated attrition rates are key inputs; these are based on Kaplan-Meier estimators for "survival probabilities" computed from Marine Corps data covering 1990-2000. Current force strength data, also required by the LPs, is derived from the Marine Corps database. Average LP solving time is less than thirty minutes on a Pentium IV 2 Ghz personal computer, using the GAMS modeling system and the CPLEX LP solver.
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Thesis
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Operations Research (OR)
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Format
xviii, 100 p. : ill. ;
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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.