| Article ID: | iaor19911038 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 18 |
| Start Page Number: | 65 |
| End Page Number: | 73 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1991 |
| Journal: | Computers and Operations Research |
| Authors: | Gass S.I. |
| Keywords: | planning, personnel & manpower planning |
This paper reviews elements of manpower planning with emphasis on the large-scale problems faced by the military. After a brief introduction to some basic concepts, transition rate (Markov) models, network models and network-like goal-programming models are described. Specific applications are reviewed, as appropriate.