Hypertext: another step toward the paperless ship

The original ideal of a Paperless Ship is a clear, con­cise, strategy statement that mandates paper reduction and office automation on ships. Its intent is to alleviate combat units of the serious limitations imposed by paper. Nevertheless, paper eradication is not desirable per se. Rather, what is important is to develop a library of knowledge, electronically stored for shipboard use. This thesis shows how using Hypertext for information retrieval fills a gap between MIS and Decision Support for unstructured problem solving. By implementing the Boiler Water Feedwater Test and Treatment Manual, Volume 1 in Hypertext using GUIDE and low end personal computers, this thesis demonstrates that electronically stored documents capture efficiencies not possible in hardbound text. Whether or not Hypertext can successfully eliminate all paper is arguable, but irrelevant. This thesis demonstrates that for the user interface, Hypertext is a desirable retrieval system because it is simple, and friendly, and has a familiar look and feel.

Department dc:contributor.department

Administrative Sciences

Grantor dc:publisher

Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School

Year dc:date.issued

1983

Author dc:creator

• Kellett, Daniel A.

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Frew, Barry
• Henderson, David R.

Statement dc:rights

• This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10945/25979

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/25979