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Wireless technology and the emergence of handheld devices provide new ways to deliver and present information. For the military, availability of needed ammunition information is critical for decision making, especially in a war zone. This case study describes the extension of a Web-based ammunition multimedia encyclopedia (AME) developed for the U.S. Army Defense Ammunition Center (DAC). Mobile AME uses handheld technology to provide Quality Assurance Specialist Ammunition Surveillance (QASAS) personnel access to needed ammunition information via a personal digital assistant (PDA). The focus was to develop a highly usable system supporting QASAS decision making and training in choosing the best practices to properly handle ammunition items. This chapter discusses the motivation behind Mobile AME, design and development of the system, and future directions.
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Pengnate, S., Sharda, R., Biros, D., Hass, M., Shimp, U. (2011). On-demand Assistance in Handling Ammunition:Development of a Mobile Ammo DSS. In: Burstein, F., Brézillon, P., Zaslavsky, A. (eds) Supporting Real Time Decision-Making. Annals of Information Systems, vol 13. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7406-8_16
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