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In this proposal, we will develop a uniform framework, called a multimedia mediator, for integrating and querying multimedia data as well as heterogenous data located on a distributed network. The multimedia mediator will use distributed computing technology to scale up to real-world applications. We will develop graphical query languages and query engines whereby an end-user can query a system ...

In this Phase I SBIR, Accurate Automation Corporation will prototype key component technologies for a neural network-based Logistic Support Assistant that will assist Navy Supply Management personnel in planning and forecasting of logistics efforts. Fully developed as part of a Phase II effort, this system will help ensure smooth continuity of performance even when personnel are reassigned. ...

In this project we will adapt our programmable neural network processor (NNP) into a Fuzzy/neural network processor (FNNP). Already having the commercially successful NNP, we begin this program with more than half the work completed. we will define and evaluate NNP architectural modifications to optimize both data flow and data processing for both fuzzy logic and neural network- Operations- we w ...

A stratified random sampling technique is used to minimize the time until detection of users of illicit drugs. The stratification is based on likelihood of drug use and importance of the billet occupied. Likelihood of drug used is calculated from fundamental characteristics (e.g., age, sex, education), performance, health and behavior (e.g., relative amount of sick leave, unusual behavior) ...

The project addresses the development of a 64K Massively Parallel P rocessor (MPP) accelerator board together with OS software for installation on a HP-748 workstation providing generation of real-time, high-fidelity, high pixel density and high refresh rate graphic images. The MPP board will be based on associative string processors (ASPs) in a modular massively parallel computer (MPC) ar ...

Amron and its subcontractor BBN propose to show the feasibility of a broadband time-domain adaptive beamformer (ABF) to suppress uncorrelated narrowband sources and multipaths from correlated impulsive sources. The work is motivated by political developments which have emphasized warfare in littoral areas, where a key problem facing active sonar is scattering from topographic features. Activ ...

As simulation becomes a tool at all levels of acquisition and development, there is a great need to be able to integrate multiple forms of simulation together for more comprehensive and thorough simulations. The two predominate forms of military simulation are operational simulation and functional behavioral simulation. Although they are used for different purposes, there is a need to integrate ...

Aviation Technology Systems (ATS) proposes to investigate software development techniques that optimize the integration of new and existing aircraft Flight Performance Modules (FPM's) within the Tactical Aircraft Mission Planning System (TAMPS) by identifying common, reusable and dedundant software modules in the TAMPS core module and platform specific Mission Planning Modules (MPM's). This inves ...

The control of high-performance aircraft presents a number of challenges including multiple nonlinear subsystems, rapidly changing dynamics, unstable and/or non- minimum-phase modes, and performance criteria that change as a function of mission or pilot preference. As a result, flight control laws have required numerous iterations of an expensive design cycle whereby a controller is developed, tu ...

A need exists to develop an embedded training capability for AAW teams for the FFG-7 class to support the Navy's program of moving training to the operator's console on the ship. This method of using embedded training to "self-train" has been adopted as the prescribed means of accomplishing individual and team proficiency for all surface combatants. For various reasons, embedded training capabili ...