Munitions Requirements Decision Support System (MRDSS)
Abstract
The Munitions Requirements Decision Support System (MRDSS) is a macro-level Decision Support System (DSS) designed to assist the user in determining the optimum munitions requirements for various types of munitions. The MRDSS uses a threat based technology at a macro-level of detail to support a quick-turnaround, sensitivity analyses of munitions requirements. It uses an electronic spreadsheet (Lotus 1-2-3) which allows the user to quickly change certain assumptions and constraints and observe the impact of munitions requirements. The DSS considers specific user-defined direct fire and indirect fire munitions against tanks, armoured personnel carriers (Boevaya Mashina Pekhota), amphibious scout cars and other threats. The user must specify and allocate threat quantities, allocate required kills to area of operations, and allocate required kills to the specified munitions. The MRDSS then calculates required kills by munition type, rounds required per kill and total rounds required. Additionally, the MRDSS enables the user to adjust these estimates for real world wartime inefficiencies such as combat losses, contingency of supplies, tactics, sustainment operations and other inefficiencies. (jg)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA221183
Entities
People
- Barry R. Wise
- Robert L. Ford
- Robert M. Baker
- William N. Prokopyk