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An important problem in economics is the construction of an effective minimal-cost management hierarchy for an economic system. A model for optimization of a management hierarchy is designed, a cost function is defined on a set of hierarchies consisting of exogenically given subdivisions (managers for supervising given groups), whereas other parts of a hierarchy may be formed arbitrarily and contain multiple subordination, etc. The optimal hierarchy for certain classes of cost functions is determined.
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Original Russian Text © S.P. Mishin, 2006, published in Avtomatika i Telemekhanika, 2006, No. 7, pp. 144–160.
This work was supported by the Foundation for Aid to Russian Science, President Grant no. MK-8928.2006.1.
This paper was recommended for publication by D.A. Novikov, a member of the Editorial Board
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Mishin, S.P. An optimal management hierarchy for given groups of executives. Autom Remote Control 67, 1144–1158 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0005117906070137
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