Training Requirements and Cost Evaluation System (TRACES) for Marine Air Command and Control: Phase I.
Abstract
The U.S. Marine Coffrps is in the process of developing a service-wide system for cost-effective allocation of training effort to ensure the combat readiness of its forces. This system is called TRACES (Training Requirements and Cost Evaluation System). As part of TRACES' development, Decisions and Designs, Inc. (DDI) is assisting the Marine Corps in developing a computer-based system for cost-effective allocation of training effort to units in the Marine Air Command and Control System (MACCS). A unit's training is to be assessed by its Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation System (MCCRES) scores. In 1979-1980, DDI assisted the Marine Corps in constructing a prototype benefit-cost TRACES model and accompanying computer software for infantry battalions. In the first phase of the current contract, DDI and Marine Corps personnel have determined the extent to which the benefit-cost approach used for infantry battalions would be applicable for the MACCS. The training options and readiness returns have had to be modified considerably in order to reflect basic differences in the training evolutions (and roles) of infantry battalions and the MACCS. Nevertheless, the benefit-cost approach used to implement TRACES with infantry battalions has been successfully extended to the MACCS.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA107603
Entities
People
- John F. Patterson
- Leonard Adelman