Designing a Mathematical Model for Budget Allocation in the Training Camps of the Armed Forces

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Azad University

2 Shahid Sattari Aeronautical University

10.22034/ijwg.2021.135236

Abstract

This study aims to provide a mathematical model for allocating cultural budget in training camps to increase the morale of soldiers. In this article, three areas of culture, sports, and counseling are examined. Criteria show what goals each activity achieves. Then, with standard weighting methods, the weight of each criterion is determined. Using multi-criteria decision-making methods, we obtained the priority of each option (activity) in each area. To determine the limitations, based on experts' opinion, the minimum and the maximum number of implementation of each activity in the budgeting period is determined. In completing the model, in some cases where the desirability of each activity by the audience was effective in the effectiveness of that activity, by surveying the soldiers, we also obtained the priority of each activity from their point of view, and in determining the final priority of activities, we included it in the final model.

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