Life cycle costing of an emerging technology : the fiber optics case
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Authors
Jones, Carl R.
Johnson, Ronald Lloyd
Knobloch, Earle William
McGrath, John Michael
Michna, Kenneth Ralph
Subjects
Economic Analysis
Fiber Optics
High Technology Cost Estimating
Life Cycle Cost
Electro Optics
Cost Estimating
Cost Effectiveness
Optical Fibers
Life Cycle Cost Model
A-7 Aloft
Optical Waveguides
Fiber Optics
High Technology Cost Estimating
Life Cycle Cost
Electro Optics
Cost Estimating
Cost Effectiveness
Optical Fibers
Life Cycle Cost Model
A-7 Aloft
Optical Waveguides
Advisors
Date of Issue
1976-04
Date
1976-04
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
As significant technological advances in fiber optics and optical data transmission methods are being made, it is necessary to develop appropriate methods for estimating life cycle costs for alternative coaxial/twisted pair wire and optical fiber avionics. In Volume One measures of effectiveness are suggested for each alternative system. An approach, which structures the technological and demand uncertainties of fiber optics, is developed through scenarios as a means of relating cost and effectiveness. It is suggested that Delphi and experience curve techniques be used in conjunction with ordered scenarios as a technological forecasting technique for estimation of life cycle costs of fiber optics. In addition, a review of the historical and technological background of fiber optics and their application to the Naval Electronics Laboratory center (NELC) A-7 Airborne Light Optical Fiber Technology (ALOFT) Program is included. (Author)
Type
Technical Report
Description
Series/Report No
Department
Organization
Operations Research (OR)
Graduate School of Operational and Information Sciences (GSOIS)
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
NPS-55Js76031
Sponsors
supported by the Naval Electronics
Laboratory Center, San Diego, California
Funder
N0095376WR00066
Format
Citation
Distribution Statement
Rights
This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.