WebSked: Web-Based Scheduling to Improve Resource Utilization and Contingency Planning

Abstract

This paper presents the results of the initial phase of development done by the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center San Diego on an automated network-centric solution for employment scheduling and contingency planning in the maritime environment. It includes a description of and results from the deployment of the initial operational capability of the WebSked system, which is a component of the Global Command and Control System Maritime (GCCS-M). These empirical results are then used to propose one promising instantiation of the scheduling command and control solution. It is shown in this work that the maritime scheduling and contingency planning domain supports tactical command and control. It is also shown that network centric automated scheduling and planning can be successfully deployed on existing classified military networks both ashore and afloat with a low logistics footprint (e.g., physical, administration) and can achieve a higher degree of information quality and timeliness than previous manual methods.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA465972

Entities

People

  • Nhu-nga T. Do
  • Patrick Ferguson
  • Sam Rishmawi
  • Sean Moone
  • Stephen L. Ambrosius

Organizations

  • Naval Information Warfare Systems Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Computer Communications
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Control Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Information Systems
  • Military Education
  • Military Science
  • Naval Warfare
  • Network Protocols
  • Reliability
  • Scheduling (Production)
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Training
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
  • Space