Accession Number:

ADA021425

Title:

The Economics of Naval Ship Automation: An Analysis of Proposed Automation of the DE-1052

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA

Personal Author(s):

• Shishko, Robert

Report Date:

1975-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

86.0

Abstract:

Proposed automation of the DE-1052 class destroyer escort is analyzed as an investment problem. Interesting features of the analysis include manning structures for alternative DE-1052 configurations, a cost model for enlisted naval personnel, and sensitivity calculations of the present discounted value PDV with respect to the discount rate, the cost of the automation, and shifts in the wage-rental ratio over the span of the investment.

Descriptors:

• *AUTOMATION
• *DESTROYER ESCORTS
• *ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
• COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
• COST ANALYSIS
• ECONOMIC MODELS
• ENLISTED PERSONNEL
• FEASIBILITY STUDIES
• INVESTMENTS
• NAVAL PLANNING
• NAVAL VESSELS
• PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

Subject Categories:

• Economics and Cost Analysis
• Personnel Management and Labor Relations
• Marine Engineering

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE