The use of linear programming in manpower planning.
Concepts of linear programming are used in a discrete renewal model for the development of a graded population, when the transfer rates between the various grades are given and the 'wastage' is replaced by new entrants. The following questions are considered. Which structures can be attained from a given structure, after one or two steps? Which structures can be re-attained after one or two steps? Attention is paid to the possibility of alternative routes, and it is observed that structures...