Flexibility in Information Retrieval for the Base Level Manager.
Abstract
Standard (preprogrammed) automated data systems are inflexible in satisfying all of the information needs of base level managers. This inflexibility could be alleviated by the use of information retrieval systems, which are designed to extract specific information from a data base, and output that information in the format specified by the user. There are four retrieval systems currently in use at base level within the Air Force. The diversity in the characteristics of these four systems causes confusion on the part of base level managers. This thesis developed eight characteristics which should be included in each base level retrieval system. These eight characteristics were then compared to each of the four base level retrieval systems to determine the extent that each of the retrieval systems possessed the proposed characteristics. The extent that each of the four retrieval systems possed the eight characteristics was viewed as the degree of flexibility in information retrieval afforded by a particular retrieval system.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1975
- Accession Number
- ADA006337
Entities
People
- Harris Keller
- Joseph A. Coleman
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology