Computer software for managing and tracking product support, maintenance, supply and information management, and contractor logistic support within the transportation, aerospace, energy and defense industries; computer software for situational awareness relating to military, security, terrorism, natural disaster, and infrastructure protection events and scenarios; computer software for monitoring and managing logistics resources and emergency responders in military, security, terrorism, natural disaster, and infrastructure protection events and scenarios; computer simulation software for military, security, terrorism, natural disaster, and infrastructure protection events and scenarios; computer software for identifying conflicts and assisting human decision-makers in complex problem situations regarding infrastructure assessment and utilization, and comprised of real-time inter-process communications and coordination facilities, dynamic query generation within a distributed database environment, and knowledge-based decision-making assistance