A Decision Support System for Evaluating Ranges and Airspace
Ranges and airspace for Air Force training purposes are scarce resources for which the Air Force must present a rigorously defensible claim. RAND and the Air Combat Command developed an analytic structure containing a joint mission framework, training requirements, infrastructure requirements, and the current infrastructure. RAND also constructed a relational database containing several embedded models that complete parts of the assessment process for range and airspace infrastructure. A graphical user interface (GUI) facilitates user access to the database. To realize the power and potential of the decision support system, a continuing investment must be made in the human capital needed to maintain and operate it. The decision support system could be expanded to include other range and airspace management information, efficient calculation of other training resource requirements, and requirements and infrastructure from non-Air Combat Command range and airspace users.
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- Copyright: RAND Corporation
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- Pages: 88
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- ISBN/EAN: 0-8330-2935-5
- Document Number: MR-1286/1-AF
- Year: 2001
- Series: Monograph Reports
Contents
Chapter One
Introduction
Chapter Two
Elements of the Analytic Structure
Chapter Three
Elements of the Decision Support System
Chapter Four
What Is in the Database
Chapter Five
A Web "Tour" of the System
Chapter Six
System Maintenance and Development
Appendix A
Mission/Sortie Definitions Used in the Database
Appendix B
Range and Airspace Characteristics
Appendix C
Data Limitations
Appendix D
Hardware and Software Requirements
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