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A CENTRAL ELEMENT IN MILITARY EXPERT-SYSTEM (ES) APPLICATION IS THE DYNAMIC HANDLING AND ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF EVIDENCE AND UNCERTAINTY. THERE ARE CURRENTLY FIVE DISTINCT APPROACHES TO THE PROBLEM OF EVIDENTIAL REASONING (ER). THESE ARE THE BAYESIAN, NEYMAN-PEARSON, DEMPSTER-SHAFTER, KYBURG, AND POSSIBILITY/FUZZY APPROACHES. IN ADDITION TO THE ER TASK OF REVISING DEGREES OF BELIEF OR SUPPORT, WE MUS ...

High speed x-ray imaging is extremely important for several military and civilian applications such as imaging exploding land mines, high speed computed tomography for medical imaging, time resolved x-ray diffraction of biological systems, and drugdevelopment research. The advent of high flux, micro-focused, flash x-ray sources have now facilitated high-speed x-ray imaging in laboratory environme ...

Polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells are candidates to fill the Army's need for high-energy lightweight power sources. Methanol is a more convenient fuel source than gaseous hydrogen, but requires advanced membrane materials and alternativeprocessing. SRL with partners Tulane University and Northeastern University has demonstrated Electron-Beam-crosslinked polyphosphazene membranes with ...

Foster-Miller will demonstrate an innovative method to improve ballistic performance of ceramic armor tiles via its encapsulation with a high strength metal matrix (MMC) composite material. On account of thermal expansion and moduli differential betweenthe MMC encapsulant and the ceramic armor tile, coupled with our ability to tailor an overall composite armor architecture, a substantial predete ...

A HIGH STRENGTH TO WEIGHT, LOW COST BRIDGE DECK IS REQUIRED FOR THE ARMY'S TRI-ARCH BRIDGE. FOSTER-MILLER, INC. IS PROPOSING FIBER REINFORCED THERMOPLASTIC DECK MADE BY A COMBINATION OF ROLL-FORMING AND WELDING. USE OF AN ENGINEERING THERMOPLASTIC MATRIX MATERIAL SUCH AS POLYETHERETHERKEYTONE (PEEK) PROMISES TO OVERCOME MANY OF THE DISADVANTAGES WHICH HAVE PREVENTED THERMOSETTING EPOXIES FROM BEIN ...

The objective of this Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) project is to develop a prototype compact, portable electro-optic EM/thermal imaging system. The proposed electromagnetic/thermal imaging system can be directly utilized for thecharacterization of various RF structures including complex integrated circuits and large-scale antenna arrays. It provides near-field and thermal profiles of ...

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Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is a major component of the document management workflow in both Army and civilian scenarios. It is also one of its weakest links, having no turnkey or standardized solution. The performance of OCR software is furtherstressed by the need to automatically parse volumes of

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Bandwidth management in mobile, wireless networks is different and more difficult than in landline networks due to lower data rates, mobility, interference, and channel variability, which makes bandwidth dynamic instead of fixed over time. Furthermore,bandwidth allocations affect more users through increased noise levels or collision interference at neighboring nodes and inefficient bandwidth allo ...