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FLUCTUATION PROCESSES FOR USE IN ACOUSTIC DETECTION MODELS

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 15412
Amount: $491,557.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1993
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
Station Square Two
Paoli, PA 19301
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Bernard J Mccabe
 Principal Investigator
 (215) 644-3400
Business Contact
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Research Institution
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Abstract

OPERATIONS ANALYSIS OF NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS REQUIRES A MODEL FOR THE DETECTION PROCESS, AND IN PARTICULAR, FOR PASSIVE ACOUSTIC SENSORS. SUCH MODELS DEPEND IN TURN ON HAVING A MODEL FOR ACOUSTIC FLUCTUATIONS, A TERM WHICH TYPICALLY DESCRIBES ALL RESIDUAL UNCERTAINTY IN THE SONAR EQUATION COMPONENTS. THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A RATIONALE FOR AN ACOUSTIC FLUCTUATION PROCESS WHICH IS A COMPOSITE OF PROCESSES WHICH REPRESENT UNCERTAINTIES AND VARIATIONS IN COMPONENT PROCESSES THAT INCLUDE: TRANSMISSION LOSS, BACKGROUND NOISE, TARGET RADIATED NOISE, AND RECOGNITION DIFFERENTIAL. PHASE I WILL MAINLY INVOLVE A REVIEW OF POTENTIAL SOURCES OF DATA FOR EACH OF THE COMPONENTS AND FOR THE COMPOSITE PROCESS. EACH COMPONENT WILL BE FIT TO STANDARD STOCHASTIC PROCESS MODELS AND THE RESULTS TESTED FOR GOODNESS-OF-FIT. PLANS WILL ALSO BE MADE TO FILL GAPS IN THE DATA BASE BY INTERPOLATION AND EXTRAPOLATION OF THE PARAMETERS IN THE FITTED MODEL.

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