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Confident Declaration Fusion Methods for Intelligence Processing of Relational…

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Office of the Secretary of Defense 		Award ID:
66843 		Program Year/Program:
2003 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
O032-4088 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
ALPHATECH, INC.
6 New England Executive Park Burlington, MA 01803
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 2003
Title: Confident Declaration Fusion Methods for Intelligence Processing of Relational Evidence
Agency / Branch: DOD / OSD
Contract: N00014-04-M-0054
Award Amount: $100,000.00
 

Abstract:

Developing confident fused estimates derived by combining multi-source data (e.g. sensor data, human intelligence reports and open-source data) is a challenge for intelligence analysts. Data that can provide evidence about terrorist network operations aresparse, uncertain, disparate, and can include both misinformation and disinformation. In particular, open source data is often uncorroborated and has incomplete or unknown pedigree. Intelligence analysts need improved information fusion capabilities thatcan 1) detect/recognize patterns that indicate operations of terrorist networks while 2) characterizing the uncertainty of pattern recognition consistent with the uncertainty of the evidence. This effort will develop a consistent confidence assessmentcapability based on analytical methods that are independent of the cognitive assessments of human intelligence analysts. Our Phase I effort will lead to improved models of terrorist networks that characterize uncertainty, enabling improved fusion ofuncertain information for counter-terrorist operations.ALPHATECH proposes an innovative approach in developing a confidence assessment capability for information fusion of evidence on terrorist operations by applying the theory of complex networks to model the uncertainty in information sources and pedigree.To facilitate this effort, we will leverage an existing ALPHATECH prototype system for fusing relational evidence to establish link detection for counter-terrorist operations.

Principal Investigator:

William H. Bennett
Director, Automation Tech
7032848444
bill.bennett@alphatech.com

Business Contact:

John J. Barry
Contracts Manager
7812733388
jack.barry@alphatech.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

ALPHATECH, INC.
6 New England Executive Park Burlington, MA 01803

EIN/Tax ID: 042654515
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No