A conceptual design for the Telecommunications Emergency Decision Support System (TEDSS).

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by  Manning, Stuart Neil.;Dolk, Daniel r.

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THESIS
A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FORTHE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS EMERGENCY DECISION
SUPPORT SYSTEM (TEDSS)
by
StuartNiel Manning
Thesis Advisor: Daniel R. Dolk
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FIELD GROUP SUBGROUP Decision,EmergencyManagement,GraphicalUserInterface,TEDSS
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TheTelecommunicationsEmergencyDecisionSupportSystem(TEDSS)wasdevelopedbytheNationalCommunicationsSystem(NCS)to
assistinthemanagementofnationalcommunicationassetsduringtimesofemergency. TEDSSiscurrentlyapproachingtheendofitssystem
life,and isonlymarginallycapableofmeetingexistingandfuturerequirements. Thepersonalcomputer-basedsystemusesastructuredmenu-
orientedinterfacedevelopedwithinanINGRESdatabasemanagementsystemapplicationenvironment. Thissystemprovidespredefined
queriesandmenuswhichminimizetheamountofdecisionsupportprovidedforemergencymanagement.
ThisthesisreviewsthecurrentoperationalcapabilitiesofTEDSSandtheemergencydecisionmakingenvrionmentinwhichitoperates. It
proposesaconceptualshiftofTEDSSfromitscurrenttextually-orientedinformationsystemtoagraphically-orientedTacticalDecisionAid
(TDA). TheproposedsystemwouldemployaGraphicalUserInterface(GUI)providingastandardinterfacetoaGeographicalInformation
System(GIS). TheGISwouldprovideamap-basedenvironmentinwhichtheusermanipulatesdataandmodels. Softwareandhardwareissues
realtingtothedevelopmentofaTDA-basedTEDSSarediscussed.
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Conceptual Design for the
Telecommunications Emergency Decision SupportSystem (TEDSS)
by
StuartNiel Manning
Lieutenant, Civil Engineerthorps, United States Navy
B.S., WestVirginia University , 1 983
Submitted in partial fulfillment
ofthe requirements for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS
from the