An economic analysis of life cycle military manpower maintenance and training requirements in Avionics minicomputer and microcomputer systems.

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Authors
Genovese, Dennis Harry
Subjects
minicomputer
microcomputer
federated computer system
life cycle cost
maintenance
training
avionics
consolidated computer system
Advisors
Buttinger, J.D.
Date of Issue
1978-03
Date
March 1978
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en_US
Abstract
The dramatic advances within the electronics industry over the last few decades have brought about several equally effective computer design alternatives for use in military avionics systems. This report is an attempt to examine the maintenance personnel and training Life Cycle Costs associated with three of these alternatives; (1) Consolidated Mission Computer, (2) Federated Homogeneous Computer System, and (3) Federated Heterogeneous Computer System. The computations indicate that the Federated Homogeneous System is the most cost effective alternative. • This report is intended as an input to the research being conducted by LCDR James Buttinger and Associate Professor Uno Kodres for the Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, titled "A Study of Alternatives for VSTOL Computer Systems."
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Administrative Sciences
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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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.
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