A dynamic long range budget model to assist navy planners

摘要

Navy long range planning is a complex process in which a 15-yr budget is coordinated through numerous interested offices and agencies. In this administrative process it is difficult to capture all of the interactions between budget elements and the downstream influences of decisions. Alterations in one budget element affect not only other elements in the same year but, through a ripple effect, influence many other elements in subsequent years. The computer model described here, The Navy Resource Dynamics Model, has been developed and applied to assist in this process.