Military Message Experiment. Volume I. Executive Summary.

Abstract

The Military Message Experiment (MME) was designed to evaluate the utility of user-oriented message processing systems in a military environment and to aid in determining the features useful in such a system. The MME system was designed to give the user the capability to handle his message traffic on the system. The following conclusions were reached: an Automated Message Handling System (AMHS) can be extremely useful in a military environment, especially during a crisis; there are not significant differences between message system requirements in normal and crisis operation; an AHMS must provide services to everyone involved with message handling; an AMHS must have the capability to produce hardcopy; an AHMS should be an integral part of the user's information handling system; an acceptable user interface can be developed based on the security kernel concept; a user-oriented message system and the telecommunications center message system with which it is associated must be integrated; and an AHMS is a more complex program than is generally thought. It must exhibit the characteristics of a well-designed data base system, a user-oriented message processor, an interactive command and control system, and a rapid message handling system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 24, 1982
Accession Number
ADA112789

Entities

People

  • E. H. Bersoff
  • N. C. Goodwin
  • N. M. Thomas Iii
  • S. H. Wilson

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Command Centers
  • Communication Systems
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Data Analysis
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Information Science
  • Management Personnel
  • Message Processing
  • Message Systems
  • Operating Systems
  • Reliability
  • User Interface
  • Word Processors

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Materials Science.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

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