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A System for Linking, Indexing, and Validating IO COAs (LIVIO)

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Contract: W31P4Q-09-C-0378
Agency Tracking Number: 07SB2-0480
Amount: $749,600.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: SB072-033
Solicitation Number: 2007.2
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2007
Award Year: 2009
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2009-07-27
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2011-10-31
Small Business Information
625 Mount Auburn Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States
DUNS: 115243701
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Jonathan Pfautz
 Principal Scientist
 (617) 491-3474
 jpfautz@cra.com
Business Contact
 Gail Zaslow
Title: Contracts Specialist
Phone: (617) 491-3474
Email: gzaslow@cra.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Current military operations are increasingly dependent on Information Operations (IO), which demand an in-depth understanding of the impact of an IO course of action (COA) on targets in the Area of Operations (AO). Currently, IO COA planning follows the process of traditional kinetic COA generation, evaluation, and selection, but without a means to effectively evaluate alternative COAs because of a lack of deep understanding of both intended and unintended targets. To address this deficit, we propose to design, develop, and evaluate a system for Linking, Indexing, and Validating IO COAs (LIVIO). This effort consists of four key components. First, we will extend our Phase I Work Domain Analysis to better understand the IO planning process and how analytic support based on human behavior models could improve COA generation, evaluation, and selection. Second, we will develop a taxonomy for characterizing models from the perspective of the tactical user, and use that taxonomy to design tactically focused, adaptable “modeling objects.” Third, we will develop a system that uses the taxonomy and modeling objects to allow IO planners to rapidly generate, evaluate, and select IO COAs. Finally, we will evaluate the system and its components to guide future development and transition.

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