Determining Optimal Instructor Levels at the Defense Language Institute
| dc.contributor.author | Dell, Robert F. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kunzman, David S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bulfin, Robert L. | |
| dc.contributor.corporate | Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) | |
| dc.contributor.department | Operations Research | |
| dc.date | 1993-12 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-03-07T21:52:30Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-03-07T21:52:30Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1993-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The Defense Language Institute (DLI) teaches various levels of foreign language competency to Department of Defense personnel. It currently offers instruction in 23 languages using 104 courses that range in length from 2 to 63 weeks. Student input and a mandated instructor-to-student ratio determine the number of sections of each course that must be taught each year. This paper develops integer linear programs to decide when to start each section of each course. The primary objective is to minimize the number of fun-time instructors required to meet the next three years' student input. Secondary objectives are used to improve the face validity of the models' recommendations. When compared with current manual methods, decisions developed using the models are superior for all measures of effectiveness considered, and they provide DLI with a savings opportunity in excess of $7 million over the next three years. | en_US |
| dc.description.distributionstatement | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. | |
| dc.description.funder | RNX2DP | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | http://archive.org/details/determiningoptim00dell | |
| dc.identifier.npsreport | NPS-OR-93-022 | |
| dc.identifier.oclc | NA | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10945/29809 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
| dc.rights | 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. | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | Integer Programming Application | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | Scheduling | en_US |
| dc.subject.author | Timetabling | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | UNITED STATES | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | DEPT OF DEFENSE | en_US |
| dc.title | Determining Optimal Instructor Levels at the Defense Language Institute | en_US |
| dc.type | Technical Report | en_US |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication |
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