A systems engineering process to evaluate and enhance the disaster communication capabilities of the American Red Cross

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dc.contributor.authorMcGovern, Mark J.en
dc.contributor.departmentSystems Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:44:37Zen
dc.date.adate2009-09-05en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:44:37Zen
dc.date.issued1992en
dc.date.rdate2009-09-05en
dc.date.sdate2009-09-05en
dc.description.abstractThis project developed a process for developing and evaluating enhancements to the American Red Cross’ disaster communication system. The stimulus for this project was a statement from the American Red Cross Disaster Service staff that the present communication system was unable to meet their needs. Some proposals for altering the present system were available, but there was no established means to identify the merits and drawbacks of these proposals. A principal feature of the proposed development process is a methodology to evaluate the impact, benefit, and cost of proposed enhancements. This methodology can be used to evaluate any proposed change to the disaster communication system. The process and methodology which have been developed are adaptations of accepted systems engineering tools such as the Life Cycle, mission scenarios, and models.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentvii, 159 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-09052009-040539en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09052009-040539/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/44569en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1992.M346.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 28491274en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1992.M346en
dc.subject.lcshEmergency communication systems -- Designen
dc.subject.lcshEmergency communication systems -- Evaluationen
dc.titleA systems engineering process to evaluate and enhance the disaster communication capabilities of the American Red Crossen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineSystems Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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