Mogg, Jack M.2022-06-222022-06-22197719773873678https://hdl.handle.net/10657/9960The Department of Defense Property Disposal Service is evaluated as a multiechelon, multiregional organization possessing a resource allocation problem. A nonlinear, integer program which simultaneously locates sites and allocates resources to handle the system flow is the product. The mathematical program is restructured in a form to make it amenable to dynamic programming by taking advantage of certain system characteristics. The model is converted to a dynamic programming system with converging branches and multidimensional state and decision variables. A computer methodology is developed and documented requiring solution of several inherent problems in relating multidimensional dynamic programming to large scale digital computers. Finally, a sensitivity analysis is performed relating the level of system resource inputs to the optimal system objective function value. The result is a solution methodology which evaluates alternatives in a substantially smaller amount of computer time than a typical nonlinear integer programming routine. No basis of comparison exists as no problem of this size or type has been previously explored.application/pdfenThis item is protected by copyright but is made available here under a claim of fair use (17 U.S.C. Section 107) for non-profit research and educational purposes. Users of this work assume the responsibility for determining copyright status prior to reusing, publishing, or reproducing this item for purposes other than what is allowed by fair use or other copyright exemptions. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires express permission of the copyright holder.Thesisreformatted digital