DESIGN OF A COMPUTER-ASSISTED COASTAL INFORMATION SYSTEM

Abstract

Progress on this year's work is summarized in the form of four 'lessons learned': (1) there is a good deal of evidence within Navy that environmental impact is a significant factor in effectiveness of naval operations; (2) the interaction focus is with weapons systems; therefore, the basis for understanding environmental impact is naval ecology--the science of the interactions between environment and men-and-machines in discrete naval activities; (3) naval ecology provides the framework which relates the four basic naval functions, and it clarifies the distinctions made between research and development, both of which are relevant in weapons systems terms, but in different fashions; and (4) a coastal information system is such a powerful addition to any organization, serving not only the decision-making process but also the process of developmental change, that it must be carefully developed in accordance with both the scientific structure of naval ecology and the functional and organizational patterns of Navy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 15, 1969
Accession Number
AD0693539

Entities

People

  • Robert D. Campbell

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Engineering
  • Control Systems
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Environment
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Information Systems
  • Military Organizations
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Organizational Structure
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.