A Markovian Flow Model: The Analysis of Movement in Large-Scale (Military) Personnel Systems

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Title
A Markovian Flow Model: The Analysis of Movement in Large-Scale (Military) Personnel Systems
Creator
Merck, J. W.
Hall, Kathleen
Date
1971
Identifier
AD0720240
AD0720240
Abstract
The report describes a model of social mobility to provide information concerning patterns of movement, projections of the existing military population into the future, and the impact produced by changes in the rate of movement. The model and computing procedures permit personnel managers to create an information system that describes the social and geographic mobility that military personnel continually undergo. Derived from mathematical concepts of Markovian processes, the model is presented as a series of FORTRAN subroutines capable of being used on a variety of contemporary computers. The model's principal attribute is its capacity to create future expected values given the starting distributions and a matrix of transition probabilities.
Date Issued
1971-02
Extent
131
Corporate Author
RAND Corporation
Corporate Report Number
R-514-PR
Contract
F44620-67-C-0045
DoD Project
Project RAND
Distribution Conflict
No
Access Rights
THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE AND SALE; ITS DISTRIBUTION IS UNLIMITED.
Photo Quality
Not Needed
Distribution Classification
1
DTIC Record Exists
Yes
Report Availability
Full text available by request
Provenance
Borg-Warner
Type
report