Multiattribute Utility Analysis for Ultralog

Abstract

The goal of this project was to develop and apply appropriate metrics to represent the functional and survivability characteristics of an experimental agent-based logistics system (UltraLog) and to apply the metrics in tools that would assist system designers, developers, and evaluators to compare, quantify, generate figures of merit, and make decisions. To make a survivability claim for UltraLog, it was necessary to demonstrate a particular level of survivability of UltraLog's performance in the face of a given level of information system infrastructure loss. Performance was quantified using concepts from multiattribute utility theory and model parameters elicited from groups of experts. Infrastructure loss was quantified in terms of a novel approach partially based on information system path complexity.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA434356

Entities

People

  • Jacob W. Ulvila
  • James O. Chinnis Jr.

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Command And Control
  • Computational Science
  • Computers
  • Contracts
  • Cybersecurity
  • Deployment
  • Experimental Data
  • Information Systems
  • Information Warfare
  • Infrastructure
  • Logistics
  • Military Operations
  • Operations Research
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Standards
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Computer Networking
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.