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Exploration of Target Movements Through Evolutionary Computation and 3-D Visualization

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: F30602-01-C-0131
Agency Tracking Number: 011IF-1485
Amount: $99,997.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 2001
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
9725 Aspen Hollow Way, #210
Fairfax, VA 22032
United States
DUNS: 042815683
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Jerzy Bala
 Chief Scientist
 (703) 582-0638
 jbala@sigma-sys.com
Business Contact
 Magdalena Pachowicz
Title: CEO
Phone: (703) 582-0638
Email: sigma@sigma-sys.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

The objective of this effort is to develop an integrated system for predicting opponents' strategic target movements in the battlespace and for displaying such predicted movements through an interactive 3-D visualization interface. The proposed predictionapproach generates new movements based on past behaviors and application of inheritance mechanisms. Specifically, the approach is based on applications of Genetic Algorithms learning techniques to evolve new individuals in the population of movements. Themethodology involved in this project encompasses recent innovations in Evolutionary Computation, as well as state-of-the-art techniques in 3-D Visualization. The implemented system is expected to yield robust performance in terms of higher automation ofmovement prediction. This system will greatly enhance strategic awareness and qualitative insights into opponents' state of knowledge.The proposed technology has applications to any commercial industry thatevaluates data representing movements in a spatial and/or temporal space inorder to determine the current state, analyze trends and forecast thefuture. Specifically, there are two main commercial application areas forthis technology - Joint STAR for understanding of the ground moving targetsin the battlefield and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) fortransportation traffic prediction. This technology will also be applicableto all areas where generation of new realistic entities resembling alreadyexisting entities is required. These areas can range from the problem ofgenerating new targets to the generation of new business operationalscenarios.

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