A Prototype Decision Support System for the Location of Military Water Points.

Abstract

A demonstration prototype Decision Support System (DSS) has been developed, documented, and validated for interactive selection of water supply point locations by the U.S. Army Division Engineer. The DDS aids the user in digitizing, from a map, a network having nodes at each possible supply point, each possible customer (combat unit) location, and each relevant crossroads, with distances automatically entered as roads are traced. It also assists in providing and revising problem-specific data on demands, supplies, and customer locations. It aids in performing an interactive optimization procedure based on the location-allocation optimization model to identify efficient solutions, in investigating the consequences of uncertainties or changes in data, and in the integration of considerations not reflected in the location-allocation formulation, e.g., factors not practically quantifiable such as mission, enemy, terrain and command guidance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA122192

Entities

People

  • Monty Joseph Anderson

Organizations

  • Georgia Tech

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Artillery
  • Computations
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Drinking Water
  • Mathematical Models
  • Operations Research
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Site Selection
  • Systems Engineering
  • Transportation
  • Warfare
  • Water Supplies

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  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Operations Research
  • Systems Analysis and Design