Treffer: SIMULATION MODEL OF SURFACE WARFARE OFFICER TRAINING PIPELINE TO MINIMIZE FRICTION

Surface Warfare Officers (SWOs) currently attend Basic Division Officer Courses (BDOC) and Junior Officer of the Deck (JOOD) courses prior to their first Division Officer (DIVO) tour. Due to the commissioning schedule, the schedule of these different courses and the number of seats available, there is typically a large wait time for SWOs during different times of the year between classes and before they enter the fleet. These wait times are costly and lower the military readiness of the fleet. With a growing Naval force, minimizing the friction that SWOs experience can produce more Department Heads in order to man the larger fleet by training more Junior Officers today. Current analysis is done in Excel and calculations must be repeated for different scenarios. These scenarios include different arrival rates and distributions, service rates, and population sizes. Using Simio and Python, simulation models of a queuing network can be created in order to find different queue lengths and waiting times automatically using historic commissioning rates and schedules. Once a proof-of-concept model has been created, the model inputs can be changed to match predicted inputs for a growing Naval force. Then allocations of training schedules and capacities can be recommended in order to optimize the SWO training pipeline.