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THIS SBIR PROPOSAL DISCUSSES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A THEORY OF TACTICAL DECISION MAKING EXPERTISE, BASED ON EXISTING LITERATURE AND INTERVIEWS WITH KEY MILITARY PERSONNEL. OUR CENTRAL THEORETICAL IDEA IS THAT EXPERT TACTICAL COMMANDERS HAVE A MENTAL MODEL OF THE BATTLE SITUATION THAT DIFFERS IN MEASURABLE WAYS FROM THAT OF NOVICES. WE SUGGEST THAT TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE FACTORS ENHANCE THE EXPERTISE ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE AN ALGORITHM FOR E-3 AIRBORNE SURVEILLANCE WHICH WILL FUSE DATA FROM MULTIPLE SENSORS INCLUDING A RADAR, AN IFF, AND AN ESM TO TRACK AND IDENTIFY MULTIPLE TARGETS. THE CURRENT E-3 SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM HAS A RADAR AND AN IFF SYSTEM. HOSTILE TARGETS ARE UNLIKELY TO BE DETECTED BY THE IFF SYSTEM; THE EMERGENCE OF LOW-OBSERVABLE TECHNOLOGY WI ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PHASE I RESEARCH EFFORT WILL BE TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING GAAS CRYSTAL RADIUS ESTIMATES, OBTAINED BY APPLYING NEURAL NETWORK TECHNIQUES TO PROCESS VIDEO IMAGERY, FOR REAL TIME CONTROL OF THE LIQUID-ENCAPSULATED CZOCHRALSKI (LEC) PROCESS. A CRYSTAL RADIUS ESTIMATE IS ESSENTIAL FOR IMPROVED PROCESS CONTROL BECAUSE THE CURRENTLY UTILIZED MEASUREMENT HAS AN ANOMALOUS ...

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A NEW APPROACH TO CLOSED-CYCLE, CRYOGENIC COOLING WILL BE DEVELOPED USING A POLYMER-MEMBRANE-BASED, ELECTROCHEMICALLY DRIVEN CRYOSTAT THAT EMPLOYS OXYGEN AS THE TWO-PHASE WORKING FLUID IN A MODIFIED LINDE-HAMPSON, DOUBLE-EXPANSION CYCLE. THE CYCLE PERMITS THE USE OF ADVANCED MEMBRANES IN AN ELECTROCHEMICAL COMPRESSOR. IMPROVEMENTS IN SIZE AND COST BY A FACTOR LEAST TWO, WITH NO INCREASE IN COEFFIC ...

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WORLDWIDE, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 4.3 MILLION PEOPLE DIE OF CANCER EACH YEAR AND THAT ROUGHLY 70 PERCENT OF THE TERMINALLY ILL CANCER PATIENTS EXPERIENCE PAIN AS A MAJOR SYMPTOM DURING THE COURSE OF THEIR DISEASE. EVEN THOUGH THE MAJORITY OF THESE PATIENTS RECEIVE OPIOIDS FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT, UP TO 30 PERCENT STILL EXPERIENCE BREAKTHROUGH PAIN THAT IS CONSIDERED MODERATE TO SEVERE. THE GOAL IS TO DE ...

THIS PROPOSAL IDENTIFIES THE MANUAL INPUTS REQUIRED FOR THE AUTOMATIC TERMINAL INITIALIZATION (ATI) COMPUTER AID AND FORMULATES A PLAN TO REPLICATE THIS MANUAL PROCESS IN AN ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE BASED COMPUTER PROGRAM. IT WILL PROVIDE AUTONOMOUS GENERATION OF A DATA SET REQUIRED TO SUPPORT AUTOMATIC CONSTRUCTION OF A JTIDS CONNECTIVITY MATRIX. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THE ENTRY OF NEW ...

IMPULSE RADAR HAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE VERY FLEXIBLE AND COST-EFFECTIVE FOR FIXED AND MOBILE SECURITY SURVEILLANCE. THE FIRST IMPULSE RADAR SECURITY SYSTEM INTRODUCED FOR MILITARY APPLICATIONS IS PORTABLE, LIGHT-WEIGHT, AND HAS A RANGE OF 300 FEET AGAINST A WALKING HUMAN TARGET. THIS CLASS OF SENSOR IS IDEAL FOR SINGLE ASSET OR LIMITED AREA PROTECTION. IT IS PROPOSED TO DEVELOP LONGER RANGE IMPULSE RA ...