The control of a grade structure in a stochastic environment using promotion control
- 1 September 1979
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Advances in Applied Probability
- Vol. 11 (3) , 603-615
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1426957
Abstract
In an earlier paper (Bartholomew (1977)) the problem of maintaining a grade (or age) structure by controlling the recruitment flows was discussed. Here we carry out a parallel analysis for the case where control is by promotion. We show how to calculate the probability that a structure can be maintained and investigate the performance of several strategies for keeping a structure as near as possible to that desired. As before, the results demonstrate the limitations of a deterministic analysis of the problem.Keywords
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