A decision support system for the location of Naval Surface Reserve Units
By: Laura Leigh Venable
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 49
Description: This thesis analyzes the process needed to evaluate potential Naval Reserve unit locations from the perspective      of cost, manpower, support for the active Navy, and Reserve facility support capability. The research suggests      the feasibility of a PC based Decision Support System to assist Commander, Naval Surface Reserve Force      improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the unit location decision. A comparative decision model was      developed based on Multi- Attribute Utility Theory. Design of a Spatial Decision Support System was      proposed to incorporate a commercial mapping engine, the formal unit location decision model, and a      commercial decision model solver. Since the proposed Decision Support System can provide flexibility,      increase the number of decision factors considered, and reduce decision processing time, software      development and construction of a Reserve unit Decision Support System prototype is recommended.
Notes: "March 1998."

Thesis advisor(s): William R. Gates, Mark A. Murphy.

Thesis (M.S. in Management) Naval Postgraduate School, March 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 47)

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dk/dk cc:9116 7/28/98.