A Decision Support System for Bare-Base Planners

Download or read book A Decision Support System for Bare-Base Planners written by D. K. Tucker and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effective management of military information represents a major problem in command decision making. Military decision makers are required to gather, process, and use large amounts of information, often in short periods of time under rapidly changing situations. Although computer technology exists which could be used to assist military planners in the decision making process, labor-intensive techniques remain the primary method of military decision making. One area where this applies is in the planning of bare-base deployments. The objective of this thesis was to develop a prototype decision support system as an alternative to methods currently employed by bare-base planners at MAJCOM level. In order to meet this goal, current theories on the decision making process, decision support system, and decision support system design were examined. The resulting system was designed to meet the specific needs of bare-base planning for the southwest Asian region only. However, the system's modular design allows for easy adaption to other world regions.