Automated Course Scheduling System for Naval Training,
Abstract
Throughout the Naval Education and Training Command (NAVEDTRACOM), generation and maintenance of a feasible schedule for Navy training courses is labor-intensive. Minimal guidance is provided, resulting in scheduling processes subject to the vagaries of individual style and competency. In view of these problems, an effort is being made to develop a scheduling methodology that will assist Navy training-complex personnel in achieving an optimal/quasi-optimal schedule in a quick and easy way. The Automated Course Scheduling System (ACSS) was developed to relieve Naval training personnel from the burden of the labor-intensive scheduling process and provide them with the capability of studying all possible schedules to achieve better utilization of school resources. The ACSS is a high-level, interactive, and user-oriented system intended for use at the school level. Its design is based on limited and low-cost hardware requirements. The system can be implemented readily on a Wang 2200 system with a dual floppy diskette drive and requires a memory of 16-K bytes. With the support of a number of data bases, the ACSS can be used to perform: (1) random retrieval of training-course data; (2) feasibility assessment of training demands under available resources, (3) documentation of schedule work sheets, and (4) editing and printing of schedules. Presently the research effort is directed toward evaluating and field-testing the system.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA071576
Entities
People
- Benjamin W. Lin
- Gary W. Hodak
Organizations
- Rutgers School of Engineering