A Stochastic Model of Demand Forecasting for Technical Manpower Planning

This paper presents a stochastic technique for short-term demand forecasting of manpower requirements for a particular functional skin group. The demand model is adaptable to any organization in which the demand for services from a skill group is derived from several projects or activities. Working from these multi-project demands for skill group services, Bayesian decision analysis is used to produce a composite forecast of total skill group manpower demand. Options in the model provide for selectively varying the number and level of detail of the multi-project demand curves. The output of the model is useful for further manpower planning.

• 저널Management Science · 23(10) · 1089–1098
• 토픽Scheduling and Timetabling Solutions · Management Science and Operations Research
• DOI10.1287/mnsc.23.10.1089
• 저자N. K. Kwak, Walter A. Garrett, Sam Barone