Computer simulation of general and flag officer management
Subtitle: model description and results
By: Peter Schirmer.
Contributors: National Defense Research Institute (U.S.); Rand Corporation.
Series: Technical report; Technical report (Rand Corporation) -- TR-702-OSD.
Publisher: RAND
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 39
ISBN-13: 9780833047373
Subjects: United States. -- Appointments and retirements; United States; Unified operations (Military science); United States -- Armed Forces -- Officers; United States -- Armed Forces -- Personnel management -- Computer simulation
Description: In recent years, the RAND National Defense Research Institute has developed a simulation model that is capable of managing hundreds or thousands of officers individually according to complex laws, policies, and practices. The model can address very detailed questions that are not easily answered using spreadsheet models, stock-and-flow models, or linear programming models. The simulation model has been applied to research sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force. This technical report describes the design of a version of the simulation model that has been adapted specifically to address general and flag officer management subject to provisions of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009. The report also provides results requested by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, which has sponsored most of the work using different versions of the simulation model.
Notes: The research described in this report was prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD). The research was conducted in the RAND National Defense Research Institute, a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the OSD, the Joint Staff, the Unified Combatant Commands, the Department of the Navy, the Marine Corps, the defense agencies, and the defense Intelligence Community under Contract W74V8H- 06-C-0002.