Military manpower planning models

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Abstract

In this paper we review elements of manpower planning with emphasis on the large-scale problems faced by the military. After a brief introduction to some basic concepts, we describe transition rate (Markov) models, network models and network-like goal-programming models. Specific applications are reviewed, as appropriate.

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Saul I. Gass received his B.S. in Education and M.A. in Mathematics from Boston University, Mass., and his Ph.D. in Engineering Science/Operations Research from the University of California, Berkeley. He is currently Professor of Management Science and Statistics at the College of Business and Management, University of Maryland. Dr Gass first served as a mathematician for the Aberdeen Bombing Mission, U.S. Air Force, and then transferred to Air Force Headquarters where he began his career in operations research with the Directorate of Management Analysis. He was Manager of the Project Mercury man-in-space program for IBM, and Manager of IBM's Federal Civil Programs. He was Senior Vice-President of World Systems Laboratories and Vice-President of Mathematica. He has served as a consultant to the U.S. General Accounting Office, Congressional Budget Office, the National Bureau of Standards and other operations research and systems analysis organizations. Included in his many publications are the text Linear Programming, now in its 5th edition, the book An Illustrated Guide to Linear Programming and the recently published text Decision Making, Models and Algorithms. Dr Gass is a Past-President of the Operations Research Society of America and of Omega Rho, the international operations research honorary society.

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