Predicting success in United States Air Force pilot training using machine learning techniques

PR Jenkins, WN Caballero, RR Hill - Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
The chronic pilot shortage that has plagued the United States Air Force over the past three
years poses a national-level problem that senior military members are working to overcome …

A joint problem of strategic workforce planning and fleet renewal: With an application in defense

HH Turan, F Jalalvand, S Elsawah, MJ Ryan - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Reductions in defense expenditure require holistic and coordinated planning of two critical
and interconnected defense capabilities, namely a fleet of assets and the workforce …

Robust decision-making in the internet of battlefield things using bayesian neural networks

AD Cobb, BA Jalaian, ND Bastian… - 2021 Winter Simulation …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Internet of Battlefield Things (IoBT) is a dynamically composed network of intelligent
sensors and actuators that operate as a command and control, communications, computers …

Adapting to changing labor productivity as a result of intensified heat stress in a changing climate

J Zhu, S Wang, B Zhang, D Wang - GeoHealth, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The intensification of heat stress reduces the labor capacity and hence poses a threat to
socio‐economic development. The reliable projection of the changing climate and the …

Two stochastic optimization methods for shift design with uncertain demand

Z Wu, G Xu, Q Chen, N Mao - Omega, 2023 - Elsevier
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the shift design problem with a probability
constraint on demand satisfaction and to design the corresponding stochastic model so that …

A new mathematical model for determining optimal workforce planning of pilots in an airline company

IZ Akyurt, Y Kuvvetli, M Deveci, H Garg… - Complex & Intelligent …, 2022 - Springer
This study aims to model a workforce-planning problem of pilot roles which include captain
and first officer in an airline company and to make an efficient plan having maximal …

Markov manpower planning models: a review

VA Amenaghawon, VU Ekhosuehi… - International Journal …, 2023 - inderscienceonline.com
A manpower system is a network of individuals working together in an organisation for the
purpose of achieving the common goal of the organisation. To ensure that the right number …

Upholding labor productivity with intensified heat stress: Robust planning for adaptation to climate change under uncertainty

J Zhu, S Wang, D Wang, X Zeng, Y Cai… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The intensification of heat stress in a changing climate poses great threats to both human
health and labor productivity. It is of great practical importance to assess the impacts of …

Toward safe decision-making via uncertainty quantification in machine learning

AD Cobb, B Jalaian, ND Bastian, S Russell - Systems Engineering and …, 2021 - Springer
The automation of safety-critical systems is becoming increasingly prevalent as machine
learning approaches become more sophisticated and capable. However, approaches that …

A risk analytics model for strategic workforce planning: readiness of enlisted military personnel

L MacDonald, JA Paul - Annals of Operations Research, 2024 - Springer
We develop a dynamic stochastic model of military workforce planning that incorporates
uncertainties about personnel gains and losses across ranks. We then apply it to determine …