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NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL Monterey California , THESIS DEVELOPMENT OF THE DAMAGE CONTROL SYSTEMS ASSIST TOOL by William T. Carney September 1991 Wu Thesis Advisor: C.T. Second Reader: B.B. Giannotti Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited T259846 1 Unclassified SECURITYCLASSIFICATIONOFTHISPAGE REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE 1a REPORTSECURITYCLASSIFICATION lb. RESTRICTIVEMARKINGS Unclassified 2a" SECURITYCLASSIFICATIONAUTHORITY DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITYOFREPORT Approvedforpublicrelease;distributionisunlimited. 2b. DCLASSIFICATION/DOWNGRADING SCHEDULE PERFORMINGORGANIZATIONREPORTNUMBER(S) MONITORINGORGANIZATIONREPORTNUMBER(S) 6a. NAMEOFPERFORMINGORGANIZATION 6b. OFFICESYMBOL 7a. NAMEOFMONITORINGORGANIZATION NavalPostgraduateSchool (IfApplicable) NavalPostgraduateSchool 37 6c. ADDRESS(city,state,andZIPcode) 7b~ ADDRESS(city,state,andZIPcode) Monterey,CA93943-5000 Monterey,CA93943-5000 8a. NAMEOFFUNDING/SPONSORING 6b. OFFICESYMBOL PROCUREMENTINSTRUMENTIDENTIFICATIONNUMBER ORGANIZATION (IfApplicable) 5c" ADDRESS(city,slate,andZIPcode) 10. SOURCEOFFUNDINGNUMBERS PROGRAM PROJECT TASK WORK UNIT ELEMENTNO. I NO. ACCESSIONNO. IT 1TLE(IncludeSecurityClassification) DEVELOPMENTOFTHEDAMAGECONTROLSYSTEMS ASSISTTOOL 12. PERSONALAUTHOR(S) Carney,WilliamT 13a. MTasYtPeEr'OsFTRhEePsiOsRT F13Rb.OMTIMECOVETROED 14. DSeApTtEeOmbFeRrE1P9O9R1T/y^r,month,day)I 15. 5P1AGECOUNT 16. SUPPLEMENTARYNOTATION | TheviewsexpressedinthisthesisarethoseoftheauthoranddonotreflecttheofficialpolicyorpositionoftheDepartmentof DefenseortheU.S.Government. COSATICODES SUBJECTTERMS(continueonreverseifnecessaryandidentifybyblocknumber) GROUP SUBGROUP HyperCard,Hypertext,DamageControl,PaperlessShip 19 Abstract(continueonreverseifnecessaryandidentifybyblocknumber) Thepaperlessshipconcept firstproposedbyVADMMetcalfhasbeenadvocatedatthehighestlevelsintheNavy. ARGOS isaprototypemulti-mediadatabaseinterfacesystemunderdevelopmentattheNavalPostgraduateSchoolinsupportofthis advancedconcept. ThisthesishasimplementedashipboardsystemsevaluationandassistancetoolcalledSystemsAssistModule (SAM). SAMautomatesmanyoftheevaluationandinformationretrievalprocessesthataDamageControlAssistantisrequired toperformduringnormalandemergencyconditions. Itdemonstratesthesuperiorcapabilitiesattainableinasystemimplemented witheconomical,off-the-shelftechnology. 20. DISTTUBUTION/AVArLABILJTYOFABSTRACT 21. ABSTRACTSECURITYCLASSIFICATION [XJ UNCLASSIFIED/UNLIMITED Unclassified H RPT. DTICUSERS 22a. NAMEOFRESPONSIBLEINDIVIDUAL 22b. TELEPHONE(IncludeArea 22c. OFFICESYMBOL C.T. Wu Code) CSGg (408)646-339 66MAMUft,84MAR 83APReditionmaybeuseduntilexhausted SECURITYCLASSIFICATIONOFTHISPAGE Allothereditionsareobsolete Unclassified Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. DEVELOPMENT OF THE DAMAGE CONTROL SYSTEMS ASSIST TOOL by William T. Carney Lieutenant , United States Navy B.S.,JacksonvilleUniversity, 1984 Submittedinpartialfulfillmentoftherequirements for the degree of MASTEROFSCIENCE ININFORMATION SYSTEMS from the