TSAR AND TSARINA ARE COMPLEX COMPUTERMODELS THAT SIMULATE AIR BASE OPERATIONS TO DETERMINE LOGISTICS REQUIREMENTS.

TSAR AND TSARINA ARE COMPLEX COMPUTERMODELS THAT SIMULATE AIR BASE OPERATIONS TO DETERMINE LOGISTICS REQUIREMENTS. THE INPUT DATA SETS REQUIRED TO EXECUTE THE MODELS ARE LARGE, AND THE RESOURCES REQUIRED TO DEVELOP INPUT DATA SETS ARE SUBSTANTIAL. WE PROPOSE TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION AND MODIFICATION OF THE INPUT DATA SETS BY DEVELOPING A GRAPHICS-ORIENTED DATA BASE SYSTEM THAT WILL ENABLE AN ANALYST TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP AN ACCURATE, CONSISTENT AIR BASE REPRESENTATION THAT CAN BE USED BY TSAR AND TSARINA. WE WILL DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF THIS CONCEPT BY CONSTRUCTING A MICROCOMPUTER-BASED SYSTEM THAT WILL CONSTRUCT AND GRAPHICALLY PORTRAY THE AIR BASE TARGET DATA BASE. THE PROTOTYPE SYSTEM WILL ALLOW THE USER TO INTERACTIVELY BUILDA GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE AIR BASE. THE SYSTEM WILL INCLUDE A RELATIONAL DATA BASE THAT CONTAINS THE DESCRIPTIONS OF EACH TARGET DISPLAYED IN THE GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION. THE SYSTEM WILL ALSO INCLUDEA REPORT GENERATOR PROCEDURE THAT WILL PRODUCE A FILE OF THE TARGET TARGET INFORMATION IN THE FORMAT REQUIRED BY TSARINA INPUT SET.