Existing multiple-aircraft air combat simulation models generally rely on simplified tactics based on relative positions. the objective of the phase i study is to determine the potential of innovative techniques for building a more realistic tactics generation module adaptive to existing simulation… More

A need exists to develop systems that can detect emergency and/or abnormal operations of general aviation aircraft and warn or alert the pilot of its effect and recommend procedures. the objective of this phase i study is to investigate the applicability of artificial intelligence technology to the… More

The need exists for a simulation capable of evaluating the benefits of emerging rotorcraft technologies in the context of multi-rotorcraft, multi-threat air-to-ground combat engagement. the objective of the phase i effort is to demonstrate the feasibility of innovative analytical/programming… More

The goal is a practical software system to assist radiotherapists in investigational protocol as well as standard treatment management by facilitating information access/retrieval, organizing data handling/processing, and providing expert advice. the approach is a two-level expertsystem, one level… More

The goal of this effort is to provide a software system whereby national institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism (niaaa) analysts can generate national alcohol-related estimates and associated standard errors based on surveys with complex designs. the anticipated analysis of data from… More

The goal is an interactive computer program to facilitate transfer of state-of-the-art cancer pain management information to physicians, nurses, and other health professionals, in training and in practice. the approach isa rule-based expert system incorporating rules for pain diagnosis, pain… More

The need exists for a simulation capable of predicting the effectivity of active and passive rf decoys in terms of army airframe survivability and mission effectiveness when employed in environments involving both single and multiple threats. the objective of the phase i effort is to demonstrate the… More

The research will develop a prototype expert system that would assist tumor registrars in the performance of their case finding and abstraction duties. the user interface to this system would be a windows-based mouse-controlled graphical user interface with features to make it easy to use for both… More

The goal is an interactive computer program to facilitate needs assessment, decision- making, goal setting, and tracking across service providers for meeting the needs of disabled individuals. the proposed approach is a rule-based expert system and man- agement information system incorporating rules… More

The long-term goal is the development of a pc-based health organization simulation program (hosp) that can predict the outcomes of programs designed to address the various year-2000 objectives described in the phs publication healthy people2000. hosp will also provide an expert system-based… More

Various activities (education, government, research) generate large amounts of raw data. however, data is collected in a disjointed and isolated fashion (i.e., acts, literature) creating barriers in data access and dissemination. there is a consensus among families and professionals, that needs of… More

Our goal is to extend the Prophet system to include new data visualization capabilities. The new data visualization capabilities will assist investigators in detecting significant patterns in large bodies of pre-clinical and clinical data. The Phase I effort consisted of five tasks: (1) a… More

EIFACS (Expanded Integrated Facility for Analysis of Complex Surveys) will provideepidemiologists at NIAAA and other researchers with the capability to perform valid multivariatestatistical analyses on survey data involving complex sampling designs in an easy-to-use windowed PCenvironment. Variance… More

This effort will apply an innovative context-sensitive spreading-activation measure to compute relevance measures to rank information objects. It will also use psychometrically measured preference functions to update both query characterizations and information object characterizations. Phase I will… More

Analysis and Simulation, Inc. (AnSim) proposes to develop a Data Analysis of X-Ray Image System (DAXIS) software package. The software will analyze the digital data obtained from X-ray images using three analytical filters: wavelets, fractals, and artificial neural networks (ANN). Wavelet… More

Analysis and Simulation, Inc. (AnSim) proposes to develop a Data Analysis of X-Ray Image System (DAXIS) software package. The software will analyze the digital data obtained from X-ray images using three analytical filters: wavelets, fractals, and artificial neural networks (ANN). Wavelet… More