Forecasting Processing Requirements of Standard USAF Base Level Computer Systems.

Abstract

This system, develops a methodology for forecasting computer requirements to support functional systems that are operational at the time of forecasting. The approach is to develop regression models that can relate past base characteristics to past computer requirements, so that one can then employ estimates of future base characteristics, as obtained from planning documents, to predict future workload. Although originally developed within the context of the Burroughs 3500, the methodology should be useful for estimating, for any computer system, the effects on the processing requirements of activity changes within the Air Force and of organizational and basing options that the Air Force may consider. It can also be used for predicting the processing requirements of such alternatives as a regional or central system, which, the report finds, may well yield large benefits.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA063821

Entities

People

  • Eugene C. Poggio
  • Naomi Ainslie

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Craft
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Databases
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Information Science
  • Maintenance Costs
  • Military Personnel
  • Operating Systems
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Regression Analysis
  • Systems Engineering
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Computer Science.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis