Selecting a Decision Support System Generator for the Air Force's Enlisted Force Management System

Abstract

Many of the software requirements for a decision support system (DSS) are not specific to an application (e.g. database management and report generation). Developing the software to provide such general capabilities might take more effort than developing the software for the specific application. In order to facilitate the building of the Air Force's Enlisted Force Management System, it was decided to acquire a general-purpose off-the-shelf software package (called a DSS generator) in which the specific system models could be embedded. This report explains how the DSS generator was obtained. It presents the objectives that were defined for the generator, and the requirements that were derived from these objectives. It then describes the structured evaluation process that led to the ultimate selection.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA176535

Entities

People

  • Robert G. Walker
  • Robert S. Barnhardt
  • Warren E. Walker

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Processing
  • Databases
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • Operating Systems
  • Personnel Management
  • Procurement
  • Programming Languages
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Software Engineering.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.