| Fuel Efficient Demonstrator (FED) Alpha In-dash Vehicle Display Transition to Apple iPad for Reduced SWAP-C |
Oct 2012 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Richard Chase; ARMY TANK AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER WARREN MI VEHICLE ELECTRONICS AND ARCHITECTURE DIV
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 | This paper discusses the transition of the Fuel Efficient Demonstrator In-dash Vehicle Display (FED IDVD) from a ruggedized computer to an Apple iPad. The hardware differences between the original IDVD used in the vehicle and the iPad are discussed, as well as the differences in developing the software. A high level overview of the development of the iPad application is given, along with some code examples and comparisons with the ... |
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| ORA User's Guide 2012 |
11 Jun 2012 |
911 pages |
| Authors:
Kathleen M Carley; Juergen Pfeffer; Jeff Reminga; Jon Storrick; Dave Columbus; CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA INST OF SOFTWARE RESEARCH INTERNAT
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| ORA is a network analysis tool that detects risks or vulnerabilities of an organization's design structure. The design structure of an organization is the relationship among its personnel, knowledge, resources, and tasks entities. These entities and relationships are represented by the Meta-Matrix. Measures that take as input a Meta-Matrix are used to analyze the structural properties of an organization for potential risk. ORA contains over 100 measures which are categorized ... |
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| Basic Lessons in ORA and AutoMap 2012 |
11 Jun 2012 |
101 pages |
| Authors:
Kathleen M Carley; Dave Columbus; CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA INST OF SOFTWARE RESEARCH INTERNAT
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| ORA is a network analysis tool that detects risks or vulnerabilities of an organization's design structure. The design structure of an organization is the relationship among its personnel, knowledge, resources, and tasks entities. These entities and relationships are represented by the Meta-Matrix. Measures that take as input a Meta-Matrix are used to analyze the structural properties of an organization for potential risk. ORA contains over 100 measures which are categorized ... |
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| Detection of Common Warfighting Symbology (MIL-STD-2525) Air Symbols |
Sep 2011 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
Kingsley Fletcher; Ashley Arnold; Susan Cockshell; DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION EDINBURGH (AUSTRALIA) MARITIME OPERATIONS DIV
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| The Common Warfighting Symbology Standard Bravo version (MIL-STD-2525B) is a contractual requirement for a number of Australian defence projects. To evaluate how well MIL-STD-2525B supports rapid and accurate detection of symbols in clutter the current study examined the speed and accuracy with which 23 participants could detect the presence of each MIL-STD-2525B air affiliation symbol when symbol overlap and icon presence were manipulated. Detection efficiency and accuracy were significantly lower ... |
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| Center for Geosciences/Atmospheric Research (CG/AR) Quarterly Report Number 21 |
30 Jun 2011 |
39 pages |
| Authors:
T H Vonder Haar; COLORADO STATE UNIV FORT COLLINS CENTER FOR GEOSCIENCES/ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
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| All Center for Geosciences/Atmospheric Research (CG/AR) projects were recently presented at the Annual CG/AR Program Review in March 2011. Among the themes studied by CG/AR: 1) Hydrometeorology. Researchers: Andrew Jones, Pierre Julien, Andrew Steininger, Jeffrey Niemann, and Christopher Fields. 2) Clouds, Icing, and Aerosols Effects. Researchers: Steve Miller, Yoo-Jeong Noh, Curtis Seaman, John Forsythe, Phil Partain and John Haynes. 3) Environmental Modeling and Assimilation. Researcher: Steven Fletcher. 4) Urban and ... |
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| Basic Lessons in ORA and AutoMap 2011 |
13 Jun 2011 |
121 pages |
| Authors:
Kathleen M Carley; Dave Columbus; CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| ORA is a network analysis tool that detects risks or vulnerabilities of an organization's design structure. The design structure of an organization is the relationship among its personnel, knowledge, resources, and tasks entities. These entities and relationships are represented by the Meta-Matrix. Measures that take as input a Meta-Matrix are used to analyze the structural properties of an organization for potential risk. ORA contains over 100 measures which are categorized ... |
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| Supporting C2 Research and Evaluation: An Infrastructure and its Potential Impact |
JUN 2011 |
26 pages |
| Authors:
James B. Law; Marion G. Ceruti; SPACE AND NAVAL WARFARE SYSTEMS CENTER PACIFIC SAN DIEGO CA
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| The lifecycle management of Command and Control and Command, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) technologies depends on test data for research, development, testing, evaluation, maintenance, and sustainment. Creating the infrastructure necessary to support these activities is difficult and expensive. Progress has been slow and empirical data on the cost and effectiveness of C4ISR technologies remain poorly documented. Many data sets are becoming obsolete because they do not conform ... |
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| Applicability of Visual Analytics to Defence and Security Operations |
JUN 2011 |
51 pages |
| Authors:
Valerie Lavigne; Denis Gouin; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER (QUEBEC)
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| In the context of modern defence and security operations, analysts are faced with a continuously growing set of information of different nature which causes significant information overload problems and prevent developing good situation awareness. Fortunately, Visual Analytics (VA) has emerged as an efficient way of handling and making sense of massive data sets by exploiting interactive visualization technologies and human cognitive abilities. Defence R&D Canada has conducted a review of ... |
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| A Smarter Common Operational Picture: The Application of Abstraction Hierarchies to Naval Command and Control |
JUN 2011 |
44 pages |
| Authors:
Henryk F. Arciszewski; T. E. de Greef; NETHERLANDS ORGANISATION FOR APPLIED RESEARCH TNO THE HAGUE
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| The last decade shows significant steps in connecting military command and control systems from different defense forces optimizing joint and combined operations. However, a Common Operational Picture (COP) that provides all actors with sufficient, accurate, and timely information is still an elusive target. Additional and more abstract information is required to comprehend the situation better, including a representation of the friendly, neutral and hostile courses of action and the roles ... |
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| Coordinated Cybersecurity Incident Handling: Roles, Processes, and Coordination Networks for Crosscutting Incidents |
JUN 2011 |
50 pages |
| Authors:
Marcos Osorno; Thomas Millar; Danielle Rager; JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV LAUREL MD APPLIED PHYSICS LAB
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| To aid in the practice of securing computing systems and managing related incidents, the United States government cybersecurity community has proposed and promulgated a variety of incident handling life cycles, taxonomies, and data formats. However, current incident handling life cycles are limited to a set of discrete, ordered, and sequential steps executed for a specific security incident that is assumed to be identifiable knowable, and resolvable. These life cycles have ... |
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| A Method Using Epoch-Era Analysis to Identify Valuable Changeability in System Design |
APR 2011 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
Matthew E. Fitzgerald; Adam M. Ross; Donna H. Rhodes; MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE
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| Changeability is a means of creating value robustness in engineering systems that is currently less understood and correspondingly less utilized than more traditional passive robustness. This paper presents a new approach for investigating system changeability using Epoch-Era Analysis, with an emphasis on tradespace exploration using an illustrative case study. Epoch-Era Analysis is an approach for describing systems over time as existing in a series of static contexts (epochs) that change ... |
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| Literature Review of the State of the Art for Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) for a Series of Oil Quality Monitoring Sensors for Shipboard Equipment |
Mar 2011 |
46 pages |
| Authors:
K J KarisAllen; FACTS ENGINEERING INC HALIFAX (NOVA SCOTIA)
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| Over the past several years, DRDC Atlantic has embarked on a program for the evaluation of existing technologies, as well as the development of new technologies for application in platform specific lubricating oil condition monitoring systems. The current study is primarily focused on conducting a literature review of the current state of the art for graphical user interfaces (GUI) with general discussions of background technologies and potential frameworks for developing ... |
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| Craniux: A LabVIEW-Based Modular Software Framework for Brain-Machine Interface Research |
2011 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
Alan D. Degenhart; John W. Kelly; Robin C. Ashmore; Jennifer L. Collinger; Elizabeth C. Tyler-Kabara; Douglas J. Weber; Wei Wang; DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PITTSBURGH PA
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| This paper presents "Craniux," an open-access, open-source software framework for brain-machine interface (BMI) research. Developed in LabVIEW, a high-level graphical programming environment, Craniux offers both out-of-the-box functionality and a modular BMI software framework that is easily extendable. Specifically, it allows researchers to take advantage of multiple features inherent to the LabVIEW environment for on-the-fly data visualization, parallel processing, multithreading, and data saving. This paper introduces the basic features and system ... |
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| Systems Engineering for Distributed, Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) Simulation |
Dec 2010 |
12 pages |
| Authors:
Scott Gallant; Chris Gaughan; ARMY SIMULATION AND TRAINING TECHNOLOGY CENTER ORLANDO FL
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| Designing a distributed simulation environment across multiple domains that typically have disparate middleware transport protocols, data exchange formats and applications increases the difficulty of capturing and linking system design decisions to the resultant implementation. Systems engineering efforts for distributed simulation environments are typically based on the middleware transport used, the applications available and the constraints placed on the technical team including network, computer and personnel limitations. To facilitate community re-use, ... |
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| Integrating Distributed Interactive Simulations With the Project Darkstar Open-Source Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG) Middleware |
Sep-2009 |
136 pages |
| Authors:
Tariq M Rashid; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Recently, a great deal of attention has been given to the use of Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGS) for both gaming and military applications. The revenue generated by MMOGs and the effect that they have on the network infrastructure has resulted in significantly more developmental resources being applied to commercial MMOG technology than for military distributed virtual (DVE) development. All DVEs share a common set of characteristics, and additional requirements ... |
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| Document-Based and Message-Centric Security Using XML Authentication and Encryption for Coalition and Interagency Operations |
Sep-2009 |
228 pages |
| Authors:
William; Jeffrey S Sr; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA MODELING VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS AND SIMULATION (MOVES)
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| Different agencies and different nations are not able to securely communicate and share structured information due to differences in security policies and data formats. The current evolution of security and data policies is not solving this fundamental problem. Document-based message-centric XML security can provide satisfactory security within a diversified communications framework between traditional and nontraditional partners by utilizing existing Web standards for XML canonicalization, XML digital signature, XML compression and ... |
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| Evaluation of New Visualization Approaches for Representing Uncertainty in the Recognized Maritime Picture |
Oct-2008 |
120 pages |
| Authors:
Michael Matthews; Lisa Rehak; Julie Famewo; Tamsen Taylor; Jeremy Robson; HUMANSYSTEMS INC GUELPH (ONTARIO)
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| This report documents the literature review and experimentation used to develop and assess visualization options to represent uncertainty in the Recognized Maritime Picture (RMP), which is the visual representation of the surface vessel picture for the Canadian maritime Area of Interest (AOI). Specifically, visualization options for the uncertainty with regards to the identity, spatial position and time lateness of surface contacts and the quality and time lateness of the sensor ... |
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| Functional Requirements Study |
Jul-2008 |
52 pages |
| Authors:
G W Johnson; I M Gonin; L Alexander; B J Tetreault; ALION SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY NEW LONDON CT
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| Automatic Identification System (AIS) is an autonomous broadcast that exchanges maritime safety/security information between participating vessels and shore stations. In addition to providing a means for maritime administrations to track the movement of vessels in coastal waters, AIS can be used to transmit information to ships while inport or underway to ensure safety-of-navigation and protection of the marine environment. In the USA, it is intended that this capability will enhance ... |
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| An Interactive Parallel Coordinates Technique Applied to a Tropical Cyclone Climate Analysis |
06 JUN 2008 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
Chad A. Steed; Patrick J. Fitzpatrick; T. J. Jankun-Kelly; Amber N. Yancey; J. E. Swan II; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS MARINE GEOSCIENCES DIV
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| An enhanced interactive variant to the parallel coordinates visualization technique is presented. An example of its capabilities is demonstrated on a hurricane climate dataset. Its capabilities include focus+context filtering, dynamic visual queries with sliders, statistical displays, relocatable axes, axis inversion, details-on-demand, a pop-up menu interface, and aerial perspective shading. Furthermore, parallel coordinates can visually depict the same correlations that weather scientists find meaningful. It is demonstrated that these interactive parallel ... |
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| C2 Network Analysis: Insights into Coordination & Understanding |
01-Jun-2008 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Craig Schreiber; Jeffrey T Hansberger; Randall D Spain; ARMY RESEARCH LAB SUFFOLK VA
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| The distributed cognitive framework (Hutchins, 1995) provides a structured and theoretical approach for analyzing cognitive characteristics beyond that of a single individual to that of a system comprising of multiple individuals, tools, and the task environment. Among some of the attributes of a distributed cognitive system are: 1) coordination across agents 2) mental models, 3) situation assessment, 4) memory demands, 5) adaptability, and 6) workload management. This paper will address ... |
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| Soldier Flexible Personal Digital Assistant Program |
08 JAN 2008 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
Mark Price; Jason Woytowich; Marc Carlson; INHAND ELECTRONICS INC ROCKVILLE MD
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| The main goal of the Soldier Flexible Personal Digital Assistant Program was to develop prototypes of a novel flexible display technology device for demonstration in a laboratory setting and use in Future Force Warrior (FFW) demonstrations. This device was designed to meet the needs of FFW and to provide situational awareness, mapping software, and other data for the soldier. The key unique feature of the Soldier Flexible PDA Program is ... |
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| Chance Discovery with Data Crystallization: Discovering Unobservable Events |
19 NOV 2007 |
8 pages |
| Authors:
Katsumi Nitta; TOKYO INST OF TECH YOKOHAMA (JAPAN)
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| The method of data crystallizing reveals the hidden structure by inserting dummy items corresponding to unobservable, i.e., hidden events, to the given incomplete and ill-structured data on past events. The existence of those hidden events and their location in the environment were visualized as a result of data crystallization. The method was evaluated by applying to 1) the simulated data using the 9/11 terrorist network and 2) test data provided ... |
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| Scaling Ant Colony Optimization with Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning Partitioning |
SEP 2007 |
90 pages |
| Authors:
Erik Dries; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| This research merges the hierarchical reinforcement learning (HRL) domain and the ant colony optimization (ACO) domain. The merger produces a HRL ACO algorithm capable of generating solutions for both domains. This research also provides two specific implementations of the new algorithm: the first a modification to Dietterich's MAXQ-Q HRL algorithm, the second a hierarchical ACO algorithm. These implementations generate faster results,with little to no significant change in the quality of ... |
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| Bacteria Classification via Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and Principal Component Analysis |
NOV 2006 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
J. Guicheteau; S. Christesen; D. Emge; A. Hyre; L. Argue; EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
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| Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) provides rapid fingerprinting of biomaterial in a non-destructive manner. The adsorption of colloidal silver to biological material suppresses native biofluorescence while increasing the normal Raman signal via the surface-enhanced Raman effect. This work validates the applicability of qualitative SER spectroscopy, utilizing principal component analysis (PCA) to show discrimination of biological threat simulants, based upon multivariate statistical confidences limits bounding known data clusters. Several strains of Bacillus ... |
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| Situation Awareness. Report of Break-Out Group 4. |
OCT 2006 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
Christopher A. Horeczy; Marcus Lem; Sonya McMullen; Thomas Porathe; Joachim Stamm; Margaret Varga; CANADIAN ARMY OTTAWA (ONTARIO)
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| A critical aspect of situation awareness is the level of abstraction of the objects and contents, which are displayed and analysed with a visualisation tool. To get a clear picture of the situation around you do not have to see everything that has been detected/known, but only information that is relevant to your needs. To make sure that the user is not overwhelmed with too much information, one must be ... |
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| Laser Covariance Vibrometry for Unsymmetrical Mode Detection |
SEP 2006 |
250 pages |
| Authors:
Michael C. Kobold; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| Simulated cross - spectral covariance (CSC) from optical return from simulated surface vibration indicates CW phase modulation may be an appropriate phenomenology for adequate classification of vehicles by structural mode. The nonlinear structural to optical relationship is close to unity, avoiding nulls and high values; optical return contains sufficient spectral ID information necessary for data clustering. The FE model has contact between the homogeneous rolled armor and vehicle hull, a ... |
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| Applying Semantic Web Concepts to Support Net-Centric Warfare Using the Tactical Assessment Markup Language (TAML) |
JUN 2006 |
288 pages |
| Authors:
Candace M. Childers; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The ability to analyze data quickly and transform it into important information is vital for information superiority. However, the amount of available data is increasing and the time to make decisions is decreasing. There is too much data for humans to sift through and filter for decision making, so computer automation is necessary. The current approach to automating data processing is to hard-code programs to parse particular data formats, but ... |
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| Reexamination of Color Vision Standards, Part 3: Analysis of the Effects of Color Vision Deficiencies in Using ATC Displays |
MAY 2006 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
Jing Xing; FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OKLAHOMA CITY OK CIVIL AEROMEDICAL INST
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| This report assesses the effect of color use in air traffic control (ATC) displays for users who have color vision deficiencies, denoted as color deficient (CD). Color is extensively used in many ATC displays, yet the color vision standard used by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) allows certain types of CDs to enter the ATC workforce. Many guidelines for color use in visual displays state that color use should be ... |
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| Reexamination of Color Vision Standards, Part I: Status of Color Use in ATC Displays and Demography of Color-Deficit Controllers |
FEB 2006 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Jing Xing; David J. Schroeder; FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OKLAHOMA CITY OK CIVIL AEROMEDICAL INST
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| This report describes the status of color use in current air traffic control (ATC) displays. It represents the first step in an effort to reexamine the color vision standards for air traffic controllers. The current job-related color vision tests used by the FAA are based on an analysis of ATC tasks conducted in the 1980s. Over the past decade, many color displays have been introduced, meanwhile, the job-related screening tests ... |
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| The Long-Term Implications of Current Defense Plans and Alternatives: Detailed Update for Fiscal Year 2006 |
2006 |
85 pages |
| Authors:
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (U S CONGRESS) WASHINGTON DC
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| This presentation updates the analysis contained in the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO's) September 2004 Web document The Long-Term Implications of Current Defense Plans: Detailed Update for Fiscal Year 2005 to account for changes incorporated in the President s budget for fiscal year 2006 and in the 2006 Future Years Defense Program (FYDP). In addition to those updates, the briefing incorporates data displays for projections of two alternatives to that FYDP ... |
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| Perceptual Issues in the Use of Head-Mounted Visual Displays |
2006 |
22 pages |
| Authors:
Robert Patterson; Marc D. Winterbottom; Byron J. Pierce; WASHINGTON STATE UNIV PULLMAN DEPT OF PSYCHOLOGY
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| We provide a review and analysis of much of the published literature on visual perception issues that impact the design and use of head-mounted displays (HMDs). Unlike the previous literature on HMDs, this review draws heavily from the basic vision literature in order to help provide insight for future design solutions for HMDs. Included in this review are articles and books found cited in other works as well as articles ... |
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| Designing an Effective Survey |
SEP 2005 |
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| Authors:
Mark Kasunic; CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INST
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 | A survey can characterize the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of a large group of people through the study of a subset of them. However, to protect the validity of conclusions drawn from a survey, certain procedures must be followed throughout the process of designing, developing, and distributing the survey questionnaire. Surveys are used extensively by software and systems engineering organizations to provide insight into complex issues, assist with problem solving, ... |
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| Visualization for Decision Superiority |
JUN 2005 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
Valerie A. Summers; Aline Normoyle; Robert Flo; Richard L. Jones; MAK TECHNOLOGIES INC CAMBRIDGE MA
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| PURPOSE: Explain how different visualization techniques can aid decision makers in shortening the decision cycle, decreasing information uncertainty, and improving situational awareness. |
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| Zero-Power, Interactive Document Viewer System Program |
FEB 2005 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Barry Roberts; HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC PLYMOUTH MN
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| This report describes the development of an ultra-low/no-power, wireless, user-interactive, document viewer. The system features a zero-power, pseudo-color, VGA-resolution display manufactured by Kent Displays, Inc. (KDI). Honeywell designed and built the remainder of the Zero Power Display (ZPD) system: interface electronics, application software, housing, and user interface. After image has been loaded onto this 133 dpi, Cholesteric, Liquid Crystal Display (CH-LCD), it remains indefinitely without a power source. The ZPD ... |
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| Utilization of Web Services to Improve Communication of Operational Information |
SEP 2004 |
133 pages |
| Authors:
David Lowery; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| Currently under development, the Global Information Grid (GIG) enterprise Services (ES) is a suite of capabilities intended to provide improved user access to mission-critical data via Web-based and network technologies. Some of the problems of implementing such capabilities include non-uniform data formats, incompatible run-time environments and nonstandard proprietary applications, all of which block operational interoperability. Web services are specifically designed to address the interoperability challenges of a service- oriented architecture ... |
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| Multi-Sensory, Multi-Modal Concepts for Information Understanding |
APR 2004 |
27 pages |
| Authors:
David L. Hall; Timothy S. Shaw; PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV UNIVERSITY PARK APPLIED RESEARCH LAB
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| In recent years, extensive research has focused on the development of techniques for multi-sensor data fusion systems. These fusion systems process data from multiple sensors to develop improved estimates of the position, velocity, attributes, and identity of entities such as targets or entities of interest. Typically, the fused data are displayed on a geographical information display (e.g., data are overlaid on a map with terrain features, political information, and the ... |
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| Operator's Manual for the Ballistic Data Acquisition System (BDAS) |
JUN 2003 |
26 pages |
| Authors:
Brian G. Smith; ARMY RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
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| The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) purchased hardware and software from National Instruments, Inc., to improve its existing data collection system in support of ballistic testing of military systems. The hardware and software have been configured with a personal computer to create a stand-alone, computer-controlled, data acquisition system with real-time data display. The data acquisition system is called "BDAS," an acronym for ballistic data acquisition system. The first priority was ... |
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| Test Methods for Telemetry Systems and Subsystems. Volume 1. Test Methods for Vehicle Telemetry Systems |
APR 2003 |
244 pages |
| Authors:
RANGE COMMANDERS COUNCIL WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE NM TELEMETRY GROUP
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| A telemetry system measurement begins with the sensing of a measurand by a transducer located either on a test vehicle or at a remote test site. It ends at a data storage/display device located at a receiving test site. Systems interconnected by radio links, direct wiring or electro- optical means, or any combination, are included. To ensure that data is of the highest possible quality, individual components should be tested ... |
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| Designing and Building a Vector Feature Database |
23 JAN 2003 |
10 pages |
| Authors:
Marlin Gendron; Stephanie S. Edwards; Geary Layne; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS MARINE GEOSCIENCES DIV
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| High-resolution imagery can be stored on the computer in digital form as a picture, for example, a digital raster map image file. These images then can be geo-registered by computing coefficients from points with known latitude and longitude locations. Features such as roads and airports can be extracted by applying image-processing techniques to the geo-registered raster image. Attributes describing these features and their geographical locations are stored in a "vector ... |
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| Internet Delivery of Meteorological and Oceanographic Data in Wide Area Naval Usage Environments |
2003 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
Udaykiran Katikaneni; Roy Ladner; Frederick Petry; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS MARINE GEOSCIENCES DIV
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| Access and retrieval of meteorological and oceanographic data from heterogeneous sources in a distributed system presents many issues. Effective bandwidth utilization is important for any distributed system. In addition, specific issues need to be addressed in order to assimilate spatio-temporal data from multiple sources. These issues include resolution of differences in datum, map-projection and time coordinate. Reduction in the complexity of data formats is a significant factor for fostering interoperability. ... |
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| DRDC Toronto/HPP Metabolic Measurement Software V2.0. Users' Manual |
AUG 2002 |
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| Authors:
Allan A. Keefe; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADAOTTAWA (ONTARIO)
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| As a result of changes in computer technology, an update to the DRDC Toronto/HPP Metabolic Measurement Software was deemed necessary. In addition to making this software compliant with the WindowsTM 32-bit operating system, several enhancements were made to improve its usability and accuracy of measurements. These include; a wizard' to facilitate test set-up data entry, protection of data loss due to equipment failure, compensation for system lag, graphical display of ... |
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| Hazardous Asbestos and Lead Optimal Management System (HALO). Implementation Guide and User's Manual |
MAY 2002 |
78 pages |
| Authors:
Aaron J. Averbuch; James J. Long; Ashok Kumar; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Before the dangers of lead and asbestos in the environment were known, lead-based paints and asbestos insulation were commonly u |
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| A Foray into Laser Projection and the Visual Perception of Aircraft Aspect |
01 APR 2002 |
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| Authors:
Keith K. Niall; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADAOTTAWA (ONTARIO)
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| High-resolution visual displays have been designed for flight simulation so that observers may judge the aspect angle of aircraft at far distances. The present experiment compares two display devices as untrained observers judge the spatial orientation of two target aircraft: F15 and F16 jets. The display devices are a prototype direct-write microlaser projector, and an SXGA format CRT display. Observers' accuracy of aircraft identification is better with the laser projector, ... |
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| Automated Environmental Data Collection at Fort Benning, Georgia, from May 1999 to July 2001 |
APR 2002 |
35 pages |
| Authors:
Charles D. Hahn; David L. Leese; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS
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| The Department of Defense, Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, Ecosystem Management Project, Ecosystem Characterization and Monitoring initiative Program at Fort Benning, Georgia, is a long-term research program to characterize and monitor the environmental conditions and changes at Fort Benning and in the surrounding ecosystem. In an effort to fully complete the initiative, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Environmental Laboratory (EL), is collecting meteorological, stream, and groundwater ... |
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| A Pilot-Centered Evaluation of Geospatial Data for Proposed Navy Helicopter Moving-Map Displays |
Jan-2002 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
Maura C Lohrenz; Michael E Trenchard; Stephanie E Edwards; Chris Collins; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS
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| Cockpit moving-maps have provided heightened situation awareness to Navy fighter pilots for over ten years. The Navy now plans to install a moving-map into its multifunction MH-60S helicopter, which will perform sea-based missions such as combat search and rescue and mine countermeasures. The authors surveyed 49 Navy helicopter aircrew for their preferences with respect to four map types and six graphic overlays. Participants rated each resultant display for its potential ... |
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| Improved Methodology for the Prediction of the Empennage Maneuver In- Flight Loads of a General Aviation Aircraft using Neural Networks |
DEC 2001 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
David Kim; Laure Pechaud; EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIV DAYTONA BEACH FL
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| This research presents and documents an improved methodology for the prediction of empennage maneuver loads of a general aviation aircraft. Previous research using Neural Networks and angular accelerometers achieved predictions of strains to within +/- 50 psi of the measured strains in 100% of the cases for the vertical tail and 93% for the horizontal tail. The improved methodology is based on maneuver recognition using Neural Networks with the focus ... |
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| Joint Warfighting: Attacking Time-Critical Targets |
NOV 2001 |
8 pages |
| Authors:
Jerry Lewis; GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| This letter responds to your request that we review the Department of Defense's (DOD) efforts to enhance its ability to attack time-critical targets. While DOD has developed and fielded considerable capability to detect, assess, and attack most fixed enemy targets, experiences in the Persian Gulf and more recently in Kosovo revealed that DOD has limited ability to rapidly identity and strike time-critical targets, such as mobile Scud and surface-to-air missile ... |
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| Human Factors Design Guidelines for Multifunction Displays |
OCT 2001 |
77 pages |
| Authors:
Sig Mejdal; Michael E. McCauley; Dennis B. Beringer; MONTEREY TECHNOLOGIES INC MONTEREY CA
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| References related to the design of multifunction displays are summarized into a series of human factors design guidelines. These are presented in a number of sections, which include: general guidelines, the design process, air traffic displays, weather displays, navigation displays, MFD menu organization, automation, individual displays, and general design principles for aircraft displays. Particularly relevant data graphs are included to illustrate some of the recommendations. These sections are followed by ... |
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| Bandwidth Requirements for the Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAAV) Command Variant |
SEP 2001 |
55 pages |
| Authors:
James P. Wedge; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The goal of this thesis is to identify the bandwidth requirements for the command variant of the Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAAV). The work focuses on the network established to support an infantry battalion COC. At the center of this network will be the AAAV(C) All higher and subordinate communications links that connect directly with the AAAV(C) are modeled. The intent is to identify all traffic received and transmitted through ... |
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| Nuun: A System for Developing Platform and Browser Independent Arabic Web Applications |
SEP 2001 |
9 pages |
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Nizar Y. Habash; MARYLAND UNIV COLLEGE PARK INST FOR ADVANCED COMPUTER STUDIES
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| For a human language to reach its full potential in cyberspace, platform and browser independent support for data entry and display are required. Arabic web applications are far from this state of ubiquitous support. Full support is available only under Arabic Windows, while little support is provided under other versions of Windows, and no support at all under UNIX systems. The Nuun toolkit addresses this challenge. Nuun uses an allographic ... |
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