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THIS SBIR PROPOSAL DESCRIBES A PROJECT IN WHICH TECHNIQUES ARE DEVELOPED FOR APPLYING EXPERT SYSTEMS THAT AID CLINICIANS DURING INTERPRETATION OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES, AS WELL AS PHYSIOLOGICAL ANALOG SIGNALS SUCH AS ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS. THE TECHNIQUES WHICH EMBODY ACCEPTED AND PROVEN KNOWLEDGE BASES AND AN ACCEPTED REASONING MECHANISM SERVE AS A STANDARD BY WHICH FUTURE DIAGNOSI ...

A PROGRAM IS PROPOSED FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF TECHNIQUES FOR PROVIDING COHERENT OPERATION AND BEAM SYCHRONIZATION IN A DISTRIBUTED SPARSE ARRAY RADAR SYSTEM. THE RADAR SYSTEM CONSIDERED WOULD ADDRESS WIDE AREA SURVEILLANCE MISSIONS AND FUNCTIONS FROM SPACE USING TECHNOLOGY IDENTIFIED IN THE USAF FORECAST II STUDY RECENTLY COMPLETED. THE EFFORT WILL EVALUATE SEVERAL CANDIDATE TECHNIQUES INCLUDING LAS ...

PROTECTIVE STRUCTURES DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND THE EFFECTS OF CONVENTIONAL (NONNUCLEAR) MUNITIONS ARE BUILT PRIMARY ACCORDING TO DETERMINISTIC DESIGN PROCEDURES. REAL-WORLD VARIABILITIES IN SITE CHARACTERISTICS, STRUCTURAL ATTRIBUTES LIKE STRENGTH AND STIFFNESS, AND WEAPON DELIVERY CHARACTERISTICS ARE GENERALLY NOT ACCOUNTED FOR IN CURRENT DESIGN SCHEMES. THIS PROPOSED EFFORT SEEKS TO DEVELOP MORE GE ...

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THIS ANALYSIS WILL EVALUATE THREE KEY CRITERIA OF TACTICAL ELECTRONIC SHELTERS: MATERIAL, STRUCTURES AND FABRICATION TECHNIQUES. THE EVALUATION WILL BE MADE AGAINST AIR FORE SHELTER DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS, WHICH ARE: WEIGHT, SHIELDING, CORROSION, STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY, DURABILITY, MAINTAINABILITY AND COST. THE GOAL OF THE ANALYSIS WILL BE TO OFFER RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL LEAD TO ADVANCED SHELTER D ...

INVESTIGATION OF THE APPLICABILITY OF THE CIRCUIT BASE CONCEPT IS HEREIN PROPOSED. THE CIRCUIT BASE CONCEPT IS A RELATIONAL DATABASE METHODOLOGY FOR INTEGRATING CAD/CAE SOFTWARE AND FOR MANAGING ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS ENGINEERING DATA. IT IS INNOVATIVE IN THE USE OF A RELATIONAL APPROACH, IN INCLUDING SYSTEMS CONFIGURATION AND ENGINEERING DATA, AND IN INTERFACING WITH RELIABILITY AND OTHER SYSTEMS ENG ...

INNOVATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SOLVE MANY COMPLEX AIR FORCE PROBLEMS. ADVANCES IN COMPUTING SPEED AND EXISTING SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY ALONE ARE UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN REAL-TIME AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS CAPABLE OF MEETING THE COMPLEX REQUIREMENTS OF THE AIR FORCE MISSION. RATHER, AN ALTERNATIVE METHODOLOGY SUCH AS ABDUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY, A NEW TECHNOLOGY PRESENTED IN THIS ...

THIS PROPOSES PHASE I OF A TWO-PHASE ANALYSIS EFFORT, WHOSE OVERALL OBJECTIVE IS TO INVESTIGATE OPTIONS AND TECHNIQUES FOR SURVIVABLE ADAPTIVE NETWORK FOR A DISTRIBUTED ARRAY OF SPACECRAFT (DAS) SYSTEM, FOR FOLLOW-ON DEVELOPMENT. PHASE I WILL IDENTIFY PROMISING APPROACHES, CONDUCT LIMITED ASSESSMENTS, AND IDENTIFY ISSUES FOR MORE DETAILED INVESTIGATION IN PHASE II. A DAS SYSTEM CONSISTS OF SMALL, ...

PSI PROPOSES TO STUDY NONLINEAR EFFECTS AS MEANS TO PRODUCE LOW NOISE OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION. THE NONLINEAR PHENOMENA INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, SIMULATED SCATTERING AND WAVE MIXING. A BROAD LITERATURE SEARCH AND ANALYSIS OF THE APPLICABILITY OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES FOR PHASE PRESERVING OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS WILL BE MADE. APPLICABILITY ISSUES INCLUDE FIDELITY OF PHASE IMPRINT FROM A WEAK BEAM ONTO ...