Fielding The Automated Container Offering System: An interim report

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6128170

Dixon, B ^[1]; Rochette, D ^[2]; Crandell, J ^[3]

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1. EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (USA)
2. Army Artificial Intelligence Center, Washington, DC (USA)
3. Military Traffic Management Command, Falls Church, VA (USA)

The Automated Container Offering System (TACOS) is a cargo booking assistant currently being fielded in the International Traffic Directorate of the Military Traffic Management Command (MTMC). The expert system automates the selection process for type and size of SEAVAN containers, ports, carrier, and ship for containerized military cargo moving from the continental US to Europe. It is designed to perform all processing on simple cases and provide assistance to the human booker on complex cases. MTMC processes requests for {approximately}1000 containers per week on these routes. This paper is a case history which describes factors guiding development of TACOS to illustrate several themes which occur in other (military) logistics expert system projects.

• Research Organization: EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOD; DOE/DP
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-76ID01570
• OSTI ID: 6128170
• Report Number(s): EGG-M-89506; CONF-9003157-3; ON: DE91006171
• Resource Relation: Conference: Artificial intelligence applications for military logistics, Williamsburg, VA (USA), 27-30 Mar 1990
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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