Design of an Officer Assignment and Career Planning Decision Support System for Electronic Security Command
Abstract
This thesis presents a decision support system (DSS) design for the Electronic Security Command (ESC) officer resource managers. The DSS design provides resource managers with: (1) Quick access to officer and job data bases needed to support the numerous phone calls from officers seeking assignment information; (2) A computerized notepad for documenting phone conversations and other various pieces of information gathered on each officer. (3) A rule-based career model to evaluate an officer's career progression and offer assignment recommendations and career counseling advice; (4) A method for scoring officers for jobs based on each officer's qualifications and career development needs; (5) A linear programming assignment model which provides job assignment recommendations by maximizing the sum of officer job qualification scores. The technique of concept mapping was used to bound the problem and elicit system requirements from ESC. A set of screen-display story- boards were constructed to communicate system requirements in the form of representations, operations, memory aids, and control mechanisms (ROMC). Methodologies for characterizing and eliciting job requirements, evaluating officer career needs, and evaluating officer qualifications for jobs were also developed. Goal programming and point estimate weighted-sums models were also presented as possible alternatives for an assignments model. Theses.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA202635
Entities
People
- Richard A. Paulsen
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology