Description of the Tactical Operations System Information Flow Model

Abstract

This report describes a mathematical model of the Division Tactical Operations System (DIV TOS) to develop information management concepts and procedures for automated battlefield command and control systems. The research effort evolved from previous work to develop a design/decision aid (DDA) for the evaluation of alternative information management policies. The original DDA model was concerned only with the Division Computing Center. The original effort was expanded to encompass both the distributed processors -- the Tactical Computer System and Tactical Computer Terminals--- and the supporting communications. The resulting model not only provides a tool for the analysis of TOS and its component parts, but also has the potential for application to other distributed command support systems with a central node and data base.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA092206

Entities

People

  • Gary Witus
  • Mark Graulich
  • Robert W. Blum

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Access Time
  • Central Processing Units
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Databases
  • Engineering
  • Frequency Shift
  • Mathematical Models
  • Operating Systems
  • Probability
  • Social Sciences
  • Statistics
  • Warfare
  • White Noise

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Military Science

Technology Areas

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