A database management system to manipulate data collected at the National Training Center, Ft. Irwin CA
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Authors
Buck, Stephen D.
Subjects
National Training Center
database
DBMS
relational model
user's model
database
DBMS
relational model
user's model
Advisors
Parry, Samuel H.
Date of Issue
1987-06
Date
Publisher
Language
en_US
Abstract
This thesis provides a step by step development of a database management
program. Using a problem defined by the intended user, the thesis develops a model of
the real world situation using Entity- Relationship Diagrams. This model is then
refined into a Relational Model and implemented into a database management
program. The theoretical principles used to validate the refinement process are
presented in detail to substantiate the procedure. Included also, are a user specific
program which facilitates data manipulation and a user's manual which describes the
intricacies of the program.
Ft. Knox's Office of Combat Developments has sponsored this thesis in an
attempt to provide a storage medium for data originating at the National Training
Center (NTC). The NTC was established in the late 1970's to meet the need for a
more dynamic training facility. The exercises conducted at the NTC have been
acknowledged as extremely beneficial to the units involved. However, recent reports by
the GAO show.that the full potential of the training center is not being realized, as
adequate data collection and analysis operations have not been instituted. This has
caused units to continually relearn past mistakes and failed to allow units to build
upon past performances. In an effort to reverse this trend, several institutions have
begun analyzing the data originating at the NTC. This in turn, developed the need for
a flexible and responsive data storage system.
Type
Thesis
Description
Series/Report No
Department
Computer Science
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
Sponsors
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Format
129 p.
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