A low-cost, high-yield intelligent decision support system for Navy contract termination processing

Authors:
Merrill E. Warkentin;Christopher K. Carlson;Stephen R. Ruth
Affiliations:
Northeastern University;US Geological Survey;George Mason University
Venue:
ACM SIGAPP Applied Computing Review - Special issue on security
Year:
1995

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Abstract

This paper describes a contract termination processing model developed for the US Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP). CONTERM serves as an intelligent decision support system for processing contracts recommended as termination candidates. The system employs a benefit-cost model formula, derived from domain experts, to evaluate prospective supply contract termination actions. It emulates expert decision behavior typical of competent contract administrators in this domain. System features are provided for documentation of the evaluation, processing, collection of data for subsequent analysis, and merging and reporting collective statistics from operation. Because of its low unit costs of development and its potential for rapid fanout into operational use in scores of Navy contracting sites, it may be a paradigm for other high yield --- low cost models.