Implementing a decision support system on the World Wide Web
By:  Patrick E. Protacio
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 49
Description: As the popularity and use of the World Wide Web (the Web) increases daily, many technologies and      applications that were initially developed and used as stand alone tools are migrating towards the Web. Decision      support technologies are examples of applications that traditionally have been developed as stand alone systems.      One feature common to all decision support systems is that they require user input to produce results. However,      due to some inherent limitations with the Web, some modifications must be made to allow users to interact with      these technologies. Common Gateway Interface (CGI) programs, or scripts, provide Web servers the capability      to produce dynamic documents and maintain user information or state. With CGl scripts, developers can      capture user entered data access external applications to process the data, and return the results. Using CGI      scripts to interface with database applications gives Web servers the ability to maintain state by tracking user      data, information, and preferences. This thesis implements a Windows spreadsheet based decision support      system (DSS) designed to optimize radar coverage of tactical aircraft. Using Delphi to write CGI scripts, the      Web based DSS allows the user to enter data to run a new problem, save input and output data, and retrieve      the saved data at a later time.
Notes: Thesis advisor(s): H.K. Bhargava,  S. Sridhar.

"March 1996."

Thesis (M.S. in Information Technology Management) Naval Postgraduate School, March 1996.

Bibliography: p. 47.

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