Brief Usability Survey of Operations Research Application Software for Decision Support Systems,

Abstract

This report proposes and applies a ranking procedure for identifying operations research models having promising characteristics for use in small minicomputer-based decision support systems of greatest potential value in Army decision contexts. An ideal profile of attributes is suggested. A multivariate statistical classification is performed to evaluate actual attributes of a comprehensive list of available models against the ideal profile. It is concluded that the most promising operations research models for minicomputer-based Army decision systems include an interactive minimax location algorithm, a generalized decision tree model, some inventory models, and PERT/CPM planning. Shortcomings in the data are pointed out, especially with regard to estimating Army needs for implementations of various models. A computer program is furnished to allow convenient further experimentation in identifying promising models. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 22, 1978
Accession Number
ADA104887

Entities

People

  • Donovan Young

Organizations

  • Battelle Memorial Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Application Software
  • Computations
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Information Science
  • Operations Research
  • Optimization
  • Scheduling (Production)
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics
  • Systems Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

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