A VESSEL INSPECTION INFORMATION SYSTEM

Marine safety is a major responsibility of the United States Coast Guard. In carrying out this task, the Coast Guard conducts periodic inspections of existing merchant vessels and supervises construction of new vessels. To support and help promote marine safety, a Vessel Inspection Information System (VIIS) has been proposed. The system would be used to capture design information, inspection data, and other relevant information; store it in a centralized data base; and make the information available to Coast Guard Units as needed through the use of interactive computer terminals. The purpose of this thesis is to present the results of a computer program which provides cost estimates of the communications networks in VIIS and provides information on network performance. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  Naval Postgraduate School

  1 University Circle
  Monterey, CA  United States  93943
• Authors:
  • Wilson, L M
• Publication Date: 1977-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 107 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communication systems; Computer programs; Cost estimating; Databases; Design standards; Estimates; Information processing; Information retrieval; Information systems; Inspection; Marine safety; Merchant marine; Merchant vessels; Needs assessment; Reports; Safety; Ships; Surveys; Theses; Transmission lines
• Identifier Terms: United States Coast Guard
• Uncontrolled Terms: User needs
• Old TRIS Terms: Computer programs (Information systems); Survey reports; Vessel inspection
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00174475
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: MS Thesis
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 14 1978 12:00AM