| Article ID: | iaor19991127 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 100 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 81 |
| End Page Number: | 96 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1997 |
| Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
| Authors: | Vassiliou P.-C.G., Georgiou A.C. |
| Keywords: | markov processes |
We study the problem of introducing the phases through which a nonhomogeneous Markov system passes, as time goes to infinity. For each phase an appropriate objective function is introduced and a cost problem is formulated. Appropriate input policies subject to the cost objective functions which are established on the Markov manpower system are investigated. Finally, a procedure is provided that summarises the phases, the objective functions and the control policies commencing from the initial structure that result in its stationary form.