Methods for Determination of Time Standards and Optimal Composition of Control Bodies
Keywords:
Control Cycle, Optimal Composition, Control Bodies, Decision-Making, Control Objects, Minimum and Maximum Time, Set Composition, Command and Control Elements, Duration, Workflow StageAbstract
Purpose: To elaborate an instrument of time standards determination providing increased efficiency of command and control
elements training and optimal composition of these elements. Methods: Duration of a workflow stage of command and control elements
is determined by task accomplishment in terms of scheduling theory used for solving a minimax problem. The task of selecting optimal
composition of command and control elements has been solved using minimax problem elements of the scheduling theory applying
a branch and bound method. Results: The developed methods of determination of workflow execution time by command and control
elements with the set composition of officials based on initial data on workflow characteristics allow determining minimal and maximum
workflow execution time through its optimal distribution among executive officers using a table method. When elaborating standards
total minimal time corresponds to the “excellent” mark and maximum time – to the “satisfactory” mark. Time for the “good” mark is
defined according to a dependency which takes into account minimal and maximum time. Methods of selecting an optimal composition
of command and control elements are based on the algorithm of workflow time determination method and gradual modification of
composition of command and control elements. The optimal number of executive officers corresponds to the extremum point on the total
time curve. Practical relevance: The proposed methods allow creating algorithms for computer calculation not only of the workflow
time of command and control element decision-making but the time of task accomplishment by a unit and the duration of other taken
measures.