A Management Information System for Bare Base Civil Engineering Commanders

Abstract

The bare base deployment scenario contains some of the most challenging tas ks facing Air Force Civil Engineering today--yet the essential information needed to accomplish this mission is difficult or impossible to manage efficiently during the limited time between notification and the end of the initial beddown stage. The purpose of this research was to determine the feasibility of developing a microcomputer based management information system (MIS) designed for use by the Civil Engineering( CE ) commander during the initial stages of a bare base scenario. Nineteen categories of unclassified information needed by the bare base CE commander were identified from governing regulations, exercise documents, and interviews with CE commanders and MAJCOM planners of past bare base exercises. These categories were evaluated against automation constraints (both hardware and software) to select the software best suited to synthesize four of the categories into a prototype field MIS. Keyword: Management information system, Bare bases, Civil engineering, Data bases, Information retrieval.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA201515

Entities

People

  • Mark A. Pohlmeier

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Application Software
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Database Management Systems
  • Health Services
  • Information Systems
  • Logistics
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Organizations
  • Personnel Management
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Word Processors

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Computer Science.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
  • AI & ML - Information Retrieval