A Tactical Database for the Low Cost Combat Direction System

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis is to design a Tactical Database for the Low Cost Combat Direction System. The resulting design, which is intended to serve as the basis for the implementation of the Tactical Database, is a set of classes (objects) organized in a hierarchy, according to the object-oriented programming paradigm. In Chapter I, basic concepts about Combat Systems and Object-Oriented Database Management Systems are introduced. Chapter II reviews the basic requirements for the Tactical Database. In Chapter III, an object- oriented design methodology is proposed. A step by step description of the design process applied to the Tactical Database is presented in Chapter IV. Clustering, concurrency control, crash recovery, garbage collection, and database security are discussed in Chapter V. Finally, in Chapter VI, additional considerations about the design approach and consideration for future improvements are presented. Readers already familiar with object-oriented programming and Combat Direction Systems may be able to skip Chapters I and III, without loss of continuity. For a quick reference, a summary of the design is provided in the Appendix.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA241838

Entities

People

  • Everton G. De Paula

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Database Management Systems
  • Databases
  • Dead Reckoning
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Lisp Programming Language
  • Object Oriented Programming
  • Object-Oriented Programming Language
  • Operating Systems
  • Programming Languages
  • Radar
  • Relational Databases
  • Security
  • Software Development

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.