Science and Technology Metrics and Other Thoughts

Abstract

This report explores the subject of science and technology metrics and other topics to begin to provide Navy managers, as well as scientists and engineers, additional tools and concepts with which to measure/evaluate/discuss science and technology (S&T) efforts with an eye toward improving S&T funding and to help make the case with emphasis that basic S&T work must be better supported by the U.S. Navy for the long-term good of our nation and its armed forces. The discussion draws material from many sources that cast the subject in a relevant historical context. It also touches on many of the problems inherent in quantifying and evaluating the value of particular S&T efforts whose payoffs are crucial and enormous yet indirect or distant.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA471711

Entities

People

  • Robin Staton
  • Wayne Harman

Organizations

  • Naval Surface Warfare Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Command And Control
  • Crystal Structure
  • Engineers
  • Explosives
  • Military Research
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Position (Location)
  • Systems Engineering
  • Turbines
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Systems Analysis and Design