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| Author: | McClean, S. |
| Title: | Manpower planning models and their estimation. |
| Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research
1991 : MAR 27, VOL. 51:2, p. 179-187 |
| Index terms: | MANPOWER PLANNING TECHNIQUES MARKOV CHAINS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Manpower planning models may describe the constituent components of the manpower system using, for example, survival analysis techniques. However, it is often more useful to look at the manpower system as a whole using a variety of methods such as the Markov renewal theory and semi-Markov models. Estimation of the parameters of such models, for sampling frames appropriate to manpower data, forms an important part of the methodology. The computational aspects of the problem are emphasized. In particular, the use of a Markov-chain formulation is focused on, which implements the mathematically intractable semi-Markov approach by means of a non-parametric estimation procedure. |
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