COMMUNICATIONS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ALGORITHMS

WITHIN THIS PROPOSAL, PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ALGORITHMS ARE ADDRESSED. THE PROPOSAL SPECIFICALLY DDRESSES RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS AS THEY RELATE TO THE COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT SYSTEM (CSS). A HYPOTHESIS IS GIVEN WHICH COULD AID IN THE EFFICIENT UTILIZATION OF COMMUNICATION CHANNELS WITHIN THE CSS SCENARIO AND AN EXPERT SYSTEM APPROACH TO A SOLUTION IS PRESENTED. THE HYPOTHESIS DYNAMICALLY ORGANIZES THE NETWORKS BASED ON THE SUBSCRIBERS REQUIREMENTS RATHER THAN ASSIGNING SUBSCRIBERS TO A FIXED SET OF NETWORKS. THE PROPOSAL ADDRESES SUCH ISSUES AS KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION, EXPERT KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION COSTS, IDENTIFICATION OF PLATFORM CAPABILITIES AND CONSTRAINTS, AND IDENTIFICATION OF MAN-MACHINE INTERFACE REQUIREMENTS. DURING THE PHASE I EFFORT IT IS PROPOSED TO DEVELOP A SMALL SCALE PC-BASED PROTOTYPE OF THE SYSTEM. THIS PROTOTYPE WILL DEMONSTRATE SOME OF THE CONCEPTS INVOLVED IN APPLYING EXPERT SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY TO THE CSS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROBLEM.