Report of the CACTOS Project: Investigation of Computation and Communication Trade-Offs in Military Command and Control Systems

Abstract

The report describes a group of experiments whose purpose was the expansion, refinement, and validation of the CACTOS computer-network analysis model. The experiments were conducted on both existing and planned computer networks in order to arrive at conclusions with respect to computation resources and to obtain guidelines for use in the design, construction, and modification of computer networks. The primary issue investigated was the question of whether, in general, centralized or decentralized (distributed) computational power offers the best potential performance and cost-effectiveness for present and future computer network configurations. The conclusion was that partial decentralization, using large computers to achieve economies of scale, provides optimum results for the types of computer networks that will be constructed to meet the needs of the Department of Defense during the 1975-1980 time period.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0775219

Entities

People

  • B. P. Lientz
  • G. M. Cady
  • M. Pillon
  • N. E. Willmorth

Organizations

  • System Development Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Central Processing Units
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Communication Systems
  • Computations
  • Computer Networks
  • Computers
  • Corporations
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Costs
  • Data Processing
  • Department Of Defense
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Network Topology
  • Networks
  • Reliability

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control