Analysis of some two-characteristic Markov-type manpower flow models with retraining applications.

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Hayne, William J.
Date
1974-06Advisor
Marshall, K.T.
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A discrete state, discrete time Markov-type manpower flow
model having a two-dimensional state space (i.e., a two
characteristic model) is analyzed. The probabilistic properties
of the model and the equations of stocks and flows are
developed. A new method of representing the stocks as a sum
of steady-state and transient components is presented. Two
specific applications of the model to multi-grade hierarchical
systems in which the dimensions of the state space are (grade,
length of service) and (grade, time in grade) are analyzed in
detail. The problem of combining states across the second
dimension of the state space is studied and methods are
derived for the (usual) case where the states are not lumpable.
Finally, some applications of the model with state space
(grade, skill group) to retraining problems between various
skill categories are presented.
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