ANALYTICAL DECISION MAKING SOFTWARE - PHASE I

AN AUTOMATED DECISION AID, USEABLE ON A MINICOMPUTER WILL BE DEVELOPED TO ANALYZE PROJECT COST, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT QUANTITIES, DELIVERY SCHEDULES, AND OTHER PROGRAMMATIC AND ECONOMIC VARIABLES. THE PROTOTYPE MODEL DEVELOPED IN PHASE I WILL INCLUDE A PROTOTYPE DATA BASE WHICH THE MODEL CAN MAIPULATE TO OBTAIN SUBSYSTEM COST INPUTS. THE MAJOR OBJECTIVES IN PHASE I ARE TO DEMONSTRATE THE TECHNICAL FEAIBILITY OF DEVELOPING THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPING THIS TYPE OF SOFTWARE AND TO DEMONSTRATE ITS ACCEPTABILITY WITHIN THE POTENTIAL USER COMMUNITY. TO ACHIEVE THE LATTER OBJECTIVE, INDIVIDUAL DEMONSTRATIONS TO POTENTIAL USE WILL BE PERFORMED, WITH THEIR REACTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS RECORDED, TO BE ACTED UPON IN PHASE II IF APRROPRIATE. A SIMULATION TO CHECK ON THE REALISM OF THE MODEL OUTPUT WILL ALSO BE CONDUCTED.