APPLICATION OF COST EFFECTIVENESS TECHNIQUES TO SELECTION OF PREFERRED WARSHIP CHARACTERISTICS

Abstract

This paper discusses the applicability of cost effectiveness methods to the problem of determining preferred design characteristics of surface, anti-submarine warships. A short introduction to the concept of cost effectiveness as applied to military weapons systems is followed by a description of the methodology applicable to adapting cost effectiveness techniques to selection of preferred warship design characteristics. The surface anti-submarine vessel is used as a vehicle for adapting the cost effectiveness methodology; explanations as to how the cost effectiveness model may be expanded to include other types of surface ships is included.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0481402

Entities

People

  • Louis K. Mcmillan Jr.

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Defense Planning
  • Detection
  • Echo Ranging
  • Engineers
  • Mathematical Models
  • Military Planning
  • Naval Architecture
  • Naval Vessels
  • Navy
  • Operations Research
  • Ship Design
  • Sonar Transducers
  • Tanker Aircraft
  • Two Dimensional
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Organizational Psychology.
  • Software Engineering.