| Combat Vehicle Fire Control Systems - Overview Document |
14-Sep-2009 |
10 pages |
| Authors:
ABERDEEN TEST CENTER MD
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 | TOP 3-2-836 is comprised of a family of procedures. This document describes the content and format of the family of documents. There are approximately 50 different subsets of test procedures currently planned to assess combat vehicle fire control systems. Appendix A shows the structure of these documents in a block diagram. The reader should be aware that although some of the procedures listed in this TOP will exist as International ... |
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| Decision Process to Identify Lessons for Transition to a Distributed (or Blended) Learning Instructional Format |
Sep-2009 |
175 pages |
| Authors:
Thomas R Graves; William R Bickley; ARMY RESEARCH INST FOR THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES FORT BENNING GA RESEARCH UNIT
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| The U.S. Army Infantry School, Office of the G-3, asked the Army Research Institute to evaluate the course content of 51 programs of instruction (n=2,065 lessons) for potential transition to a distributed learning instructional format. Using a mixed-method coding and analysis approach, the sample of POIs were categorized, coded, statistically analyzed, and a decision-process was developed to classify lessons into fully transitionable, partially transitionable or not transitionable groups. The thematic ... |
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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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| Freedom of Information Act (FOIA): Issues for the 111th Congress |
12-Aug-2009 |
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| Authors:
Wendy R Ginsberg; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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 | Enacted in 1966 after 11 years of investigation and legislative development in the House - and nearly 6 years of such consideration in the Senate - the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA; 5 U.S.C. - 552) replaced the public information section of the Administrative Procedure Act. FOIA was designed to enable any person to request, without explanation or justification, access to existing, identifiable, unpublished, executive branch agency records. The statute ... |
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| MissileLab User's Guide |
Feb-2009 |
84 pages |
| Authors:
Lamar M Auman; Kristina Kirby-Brown; ARMY AVIATION AND MISSILE RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT ENG CTR REDSTONE ARSENAL AL SYSTEM SIMULATION AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORATE
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| MissileLab is a Microsoft Window based, Graphical User Interface (GUI) written in Visual Basic, that assist the user in running several Missile Aerodynamic Prediction codes. MissileLab allow the aerodynamic to input one set of geometry and atmospheric conditions and then run several aerodynamic prediction codes with the click of a button. MissileLab creates input files and for and executes Missile DATCOM, AeroPrediction Code (AP98, AP02, and AP05), NEAR MISL3, MISDL ... |
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| Meteorological/Sensor Optimization Urban Summary and Model Survey |
01-Sep-2008 |
26 pages |
| Authors:
Ron Cionco; Manuel D Bustillos; Gail T Vaucher; Robert O Brice; ARMY RESEARCH LAB WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE NM
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| The purpose of the report is to introduce and outline a proposed resource that provides a survey of an Army-relevant review of models as well as an assessment of models for future U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Urban Studies. The resource documentation establishes a number of models available from military and government agencies, colleagues, open literature, product reviews, technical reports, and Web sites. The resource provides a description of valuable ... |
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| Computer Aided Method for System Safety and Reliability Assessments |
01-Sep-2008 |
95 pages |
| Authors:
Steven M Roycroft; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The objective of this study was to determine a methodology for implementing feedback loops into a logical, automated, computer assisted probability assessment tool. A tool exists called the GO program, which allows for systems to be modeled in a block diagram or schematic format and then analyzed in a structured manner to determine the probabilities of outcome events. The challenge was to incorporate a method for analyzing feedback loops. Given ... |
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| Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Amendments: 110th Congress |
21-Jul-2008 |
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| Authors:
Harold C Relyea; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Enacted in 1966 after 11 years of investigation, legislative development, and deliberation in the House and half as many years of such consideration in the Senate, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) displaced the ineffective public information section of the Administrative Procedure Act. The FOIA was designed to enable any person - individual or corporate, regardless of citizenship - to request, without explanation or justification, presumptive access to existing, identifiable, ... |
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| A Multiple Case Study Analysis of Digital Preservation Techniques Across Government, Private, and Public Service Organizations |
MAR 2008 |
136 pages |
| Authors:
David Gough; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| The process of record keeping has evolved through time. As our technology advances, so does our ability to manage information. We have progressed from paper-based records to new digital techniques and formats to store records. However, digital storage is not the "Holy Grail" answer to preservation and storage problems. Digital storage is confounded by multiple problems, also. Some of these problems are, but not limited to, lack of standardization and ... |
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| User's Guide to STAT The SHADWELL Test Analysis Tool (Version 2.0) |
29 FEB 2008 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
John B. Hoover; NAVY TECHNOLOGY CENTER FOR SAFETY AND SURVIVABILITY WASHINGTON DC
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| The SHADWELL Test Analysis Tool, orginally developed to aid in the analysis of large-scale fire test data, has been updated. The new version removes the dependency on proprietary, third-party software and adds support for several new data input formats, including SHADWELL LabVIEW test data and the Fire and Smoke Simulator (FSSIM) fire model output. Methods are provided for definition of data channels, selection of data based on instrument type and ... |
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| Requirements to Create a Persistent, Open Source, Mirror World for Military Applications |
DEC 2007 |
113 pages |
| Authors:
Kent Sanders; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| With many free simulations available to developers, it is desirable to marry the existing library and work of these simulations in an attempt to create a completely open source virtual reality environment to facilitate computer aided training and simulation. Key problems associated with developing a large scale Multiple User Virtual Environment (MUVE) are analyzed including appropriate server client architecture, terrain and object model formats, and overall project scalability. Solutions to ... |
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| MAJIC: A Java Application for Controlling Multiple, Heterogeneous Robotic Agents |
SEP 2007 |
157 pages |
| Authors:
Gregory P. Ball; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Current capability to command and control a team of heterogeneous robotic agents is limited by proprietary command formats and operating systems. A specific challenge in this context is the specification, the programming, and the testing of software for such a wide variety of mobile robot teams. This work explores the applicability of an application program interface (API), called the Multi-Agent Java Interface Controller (MAJIC), that supports command, control, and coordination ... |
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| The Effects of Information Displays in Decisions about Tamoxifen Use for Breast Cancer Chemoprevention |
SEP 2007 |
162 pages |
| Authors:
Isaac Lipkus; DUKE UNIV DURHAM NC
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| We sought to test as part of 2 x 2 factorial design whether varying the numerical format of presenting breast cancer risk information using the Gail Score (percentage versus frequencies) and Tamoxifen's (percentage versus frequency)risks and benefits would affect among women eligible for Tamoxifen their perceptions of breast cancer risk, paying attention to and weighing of Tamoxifen's risks and benefits, interesting and using Tamoxifen, and their willingness to talk to ... |
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| Vulnerability Analysis of HD Photo Image Viewer Applications |
SEP 2007 |
205 pages |
| Authors:
Clifford C. Juan; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The introduction of Microsoft's new graphics file format, Windows Media Photo, into the mainstream market in 2006 has been one of the most interesting developments in the digital world. The file format, which has since been renamed to HD Photo in November of 2006, is being touted as the successor to the ubiquitous JPEG image format, as well as the eventual de facto standard in the digital photography market. With ... |
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| Improvement of Electromagnetic Code for Phased Array Antenna Design |
01-Jun-2007 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
Henrik Holter; ROYAL INST OF TECH STOCKHOLM (SWEDEN)
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| This is a final report for EOARD grant FA8655-07-1-3059 entitled Improvement of electromagnetic code for phased array antenna design . An existing time domain code for electromagnetic design and analysis of phased array antennas and other periodic structures such as frequency selective surfaces and meta-materials has been improved in several ways. The code which is named PBFDTD (Periodic Boundary FDTD) now handles magnetic materials (lossy and loss-free). Frequency domain surface ... |
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| GIS Enabled Modeling and Simulation (GEMS) |
JUN 2007 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
Thomas Stanzione; Kevin Johnson; MAK TECHNOLOGIES INC CAMBRIDGE MA
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| Current C4ISR and simulation systems use different tools and formats for generating and storing geospatial information. C4ISR systems tend to use geographic information systems "GIS", such as C/JMTK, for this information, while simulation systems use proprietary terrain database formats that are generated from a number of different terrain database generation tools. This leads to problems sharing geospatial information between systems, making mission planning or embedded training difficult, as well as ... |
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| Construction Operations Building Information Exchange (COBIE): Requirements Definition and Pilot Implementation Standard |
Jun-2007 |
195 pages |
| Authors:
E W East; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| The Construction Operations Building Information Exchange (COBIE) specification denotes how information may be captured during design and construction and provided to facility operators. COBIE eliminates the current process of transferring massive amounts of paper documents to facility operators after construction has been completed. COBIE eliminates the need for post-hoc as-built data capture and helps to reduce operational costs. This report describes the background and process used to create and implement ... |
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| Style Guide for AFIT Dissertations, Theses, and Graduate Research Papers |
MAY 2007 |
103 pages |
| Authors:
AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| The Style Guide for AFIT Theses and Dissertations (hereinafter referred to as the AFIT Style Guide) contains guidance for preparing AFIT theses and dissertations. These documents are an important part of the Institute's graduate degree requirements. In this guide you will find detailed information about such topics as the systems of documentation used at AFIT, the formats of graphics and equations to convey technical information, and the formats of AFIT ... |
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| Iraqi Security Forces: Weapons Provided by The U.S. Department of Defense Using the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund |
28 OCT 2006 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL ARLINGTON VA SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION
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| The capacity of the Iraqi government to provide national security and public order is partly contingent on arming the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF), under the Ministries of Defense and Interior. The United States is supporting the Iraqi ministries by providing arms from a variety of sources, including those captured, donated, and purchased. The United States plans to provide equipment for approximately 325,500 ISF personnel by December 2006. Of these, 277,600 ... |
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| Bioterror Preparedness-Educational Programming for Military, Public Health and Civilian Medical Personnel |
OCT 2006 |
42 pages |
| Authors:
Jr Hurrell George; Gordon West; EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER RANCHO MIRAGE CA
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| This research focuses on how delivery formats and level of interactivity affect the assimilation and retention of information on bioterrorism threats and treatments. We are comparing live meetings presented in a didactic format vs active learning format, web based education in a didactic vs active learning format, PDA based format, and printed monograph based format. The research will focus on the effectiveness of distance learning and self-study methodologies regarding factors ... |
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| PTM: Particle Tracking Model. Report 1: Model Theory, Implementation, and Example Applications |
SEP 2006 |
168 pages |
| Authors:
Neil J. MacDonald; Michael H. Davies; Alan K. Zundel; John D. Howlett; Zeki Demirbilek; Joseph Z. Gailani; Tahirih C. Lackey; Jarrell Smith; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS COASTAL AND HYDRAULICS LAB
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| This report introduces a Lagrangian-based Particle Tracking Model (PTM) developed by the Coastal Inlets Research Program (CIRP) and the Dredging Operations and Environmental Research Program (DOER) being conducted at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center. The PTM's Lagrangian framework is one in which the sediment being modeled is discretized into a finite number of particles that are followed as they are transported by the flow. Lagrangian modeling is ... |
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| Biometric Collection, Transmission and Storage Standards. Version 1.1 |
24 JUL 2006 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
BIOMETRICS TASK FORCE ARLINGTON VA
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| This document provides a comprehensive technical reference that lists published biometric standards and describes their applicability to the biometric functions described in the Capstone Concept of Operations (CONOPS) for Department of Defense (DoD) Biometrics in Support of Identity Superiority. It was prepared by the DoD Biometrics Standards Working Group (BSWG) to assist in the development of future system-specific policy and technical documents, such as standard operating procedures, architecture technical views, ... |
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| Space Weather Applications of the UAF Eulerian Parallel Polar Ionosphere Model (EPPIM) |
01 JUN 2006 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
Sergei Maurits; Anton Kulchitsky; Brenton Watkins; ALASKA UNIV FAIRBANKS
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| UAF EPPIM is the first principles theoretical model of the polar ionosphere, which covers region pole ward from 50 N of geomagnetic latitude, and altitudes from 80 to 900-1000 km. If available, the model can input real data or, conversely, it is capable of generating all necessary inputs using statistical modules (e.g., MSIS, electric field, precipitation intensity, etc.) incorporated into the model and driven by the standard set of geophysical ... |
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| A Framework for the Management of Evolving Requirements in Software Systems Supporting Network-Centric Warfare |
JUN 2006 |
121 pages |
| Authors:
Linda K. Reynolds; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Network-centric warfare (NCW) has changed the way the Department of Defense addresses technological improvements for its military forces. No longer is the emphasis on enhancing the capabilities of a single platform, but the focus is now on networking people, processes and technology to enable knowledge sharing and rapid decision-making. The capabilities required to support network-centric operations (NCO) in the NCW environment must be supported by new, innovative networked communication technologies. ... |
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| The Design and Implementation of a Prototype Web-Portal for the Integrated Mobile Alerting System (IMAS) |
JUN 2006 |
165 pages |
| Authors:
Phong D. Le; Michael Hsu; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The Integrated Mobile Alert System (IMAS) is a mobile device message alerting system that provides a means for people to stay connected and receive information in a modality that is constantly available to them. The focus of this research is to develop a proof of concept for the common data format and common platform aspect of the proposed architecture. This project concentrates on the design characteristics of the IMAS-portal and ... |
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| Network Enabled Operations: The Experiences of Senior Canadian Commanders |
31 MAR 2006 |
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| Authors:
Joe Sharpe; Allan English; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TORONTO (CANADA)
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| In order to fully understand the nature of Networked Enabled Operations (NEOps) today, how Canadian networked operations differ from those in other countries and how NEOps might evolve in the future, it is essential to provide context for and to document recent Canadian experiences with networked operations. However, to date, very little has been written on the Canadian experience with NEOps, particularly at the operational level of command. A recent ... |
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| Prototype Development of Machine-to-Machine Operational Nephanalysis |
MAR 2006 |
67 pages |
| Authors:
Jon Schiefelbein; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Weather is essentially geo-spatial data that can be integrated with Geographic Information Systems (GIS). In this research a small prototype is designed and developed in order to demonstrate the basic capabilities of GIS- enabled operational meteorology. As the Air Force moves to net-centric operations enabling weather information across an enterprise GIS is essential. Providing images is a fast and efficient means of enabling weather in a GIS. Providing the information ... |
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| Redacting with Confidence: How to Safely Publish Sanitized Reports Converted from Word to PDF |
02 FEB 2006 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY/CENTRAL SECURITY SERVICE FORT GEORGE G MEADE MD
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| There are a number of pitfalls for the person attempting to sanitize a Word document for release. This paper describes the issue, and gives a step-by-step description of how to do it with confidence that inappropriate material will not be released. Both the Microsoft Word document format (MS Word) and Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) are complex, sophisticated computer data formats. They can contain many kinds of information such as ... |
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| Guide for Preparing Technical Information Reports of the Engineer Research and Development Center |
JAN 2006 |
48 pages |
| Authors:
ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAB
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| This Guide provides information necessary for authors to prepare and produce technical publications for the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC). This version of the Guide consolidates processes and procedures used at all ERDC sites. Technical information guidelines are based on ANSI/NISO Z39.18-2005, and the essential mechanics of professional writing, including language use, punctuation, and reference format, are based on The Chicago Manual of Style of Style, 15th ... |
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| Scoping of Flood Hazard Mapping Needs for Merrimack County, New Hampshire |
2006 |
69 pages |
| Authors:
Robert H. Flynn; DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR WASHINGTON DC
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| This report was prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) New Hampshire/VermontWater Science Center for scoping of flood-hazard mapping needs for Merrimack County, New Hampshire, under Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Inter-Agency agreement Number HSFE01-05X-0018. This section of the report explains the objective of the task and the purpose of the reports. |
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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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| STAR Towed Array Display Upgrade |
DEC 2005 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Chris Widdis; Joe Hood; MACDONALD DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES LTD DARTMOUTH (NOVA SCOTIA)
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| This report documents the work done to enhance the Software Tools for Analysis and Research (STAR) by creating displays appropriated for data collected using towed arrays. The STAR software suite was developed to support general research and analysis objectives at Defense R&D Canada (DRDC) - Atlantic. Though relatively generic, many of the STAR displays had been tuned to meet the requirements of sonobuoy analysis with a single display pane displaying ... |
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| Precision in Practice: A Type-Preserving Java Compiler |
31 AUG 2005 |
16 pages |
| Authors:
Christopher League; Zhong Shao; Valery Trifonov; LONG ISLAND UNIV BROOKLYN NY
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| Popular mobile code architectures (Java and .NET) include verifiers to check for memory safety and other security properties. Since their formats are relatively high level, supporting a wide range of source language features is awkward. Further compilation and optimization, necessary for efficiency, must be trusted. We describe the design and implementation of a fully type-preserving compiler for Java and ML. Its strongly-typed intermediate language provides a low-level abstract machine model ... |
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| Electrolytic Transformation of Hexahydro-1,3,5-Trinitro-1,3,5-Triazine (RDX) and 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene (TNT) in Aqueous Solutions |
AUG 2005 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
Altaf H. Wani; Brenda R. O'Neal; David M. Gilbert; David B. Gent; Jeffrey L. Davis; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS ENVIRONMENTAL LAB
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| Electrolytic reactive barriers (e-barriers) consist of closely spaced permeable electrodes installed across a groundwater contaminant plume in a permeable reactive barrier format. Application of sufficient potential to the electrodes results in sequential oxidation and reduction of the target contaminant. The objective of this study was to quantify the mass distribution of compounds produced during sequential electrolytic oxidation and reduction of ordinance related compounds (ORCs) in a laboratory analog to an ... |
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| Deployable Network Operations Center (DNOC): A Collaborative Technology Infostructure Designed to Support Tactical Sensor-Decision Maker Network Operations |
JUN 2005 |
107 pages |
| Authors:
Shawn E. Johnson; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF INFORMATIONAL SCIENCES
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| The coordination and collaboration of information has never before been more important to the success of tactical missions. Hybrid wireless-mesh networks have the capability to put critical information at the fingertips of the operator, enabling tactical units to successfully carry out their missions. The increasing use of expeditionary and special operations forces operating in ad hoc, dynamic, and tactical environments poses a need for an adaptable, flexible, and responsive Deployable ... |
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| The Effect of Information Displays in Decisions About Tamoxifen Use for Breast Cancer Chemoprevention |
JUN 2005 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
Isaac Lipkus; DUKE UNIV DURHAM NC
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| Behavioral interventions have focused primarily on early detection rather than the prevention of breast cancer; this trend is changing rapidly as chemoprevention agents, such as Tamoxifen, receive more attention. An important challenge is how to facilitate the review of Tamoxifen information among higher risk women who may benefit from its use. A second challenge is to understand how the format of conveying Tamoxifen's risks and benefits to affect women's (a) ... |
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| Concept of Deployable Network Operations Center (DNOC) |
JUN 2005 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
Alex Bordetsky; Jeff Thiry; Shawn Johnson; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF INFORMATIONAL SCIENCES
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| The movement and collaboration of information has never before been more important to the success of tactical missions. Advanced mobile and wireless networking technologies have the capability to put critical information at the fingertips of the operator, enabling tactical units to successfully carry out their missions. The increasing use of expeditionary and special operations forces in ad hoc, dynamic, and tactical environments poses a need for an adaptable, flexible, and ... |
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| An Analysis of Disc Carving Techniques |
MAR 2005 |
159 pages |
| Authors:
Nicholas Mikus; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| Disc carving is an essential element of computer forensic analysis. However the high cost of commercial solutions coupled with the lack of availability of open source tools to perform disc analysis has become a hindrance to those performing analysis on UNIX computers. In addition even expensive commercial products offer only a fairly limited ability to "carve" for various files. In this thesis, an open source tool known as Foremost is ... |
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| Across-ear Interference from Parametrically Degraded Synthetic Speech Signals in a Dichotic Cocktail-party Listening Task |
JAN 2005 |
17 pages |
| Authors:
Douglas S. Brungart; Brian D. Simpson; Christopher J. Darwin; Tanya L. Arbogast; Gerald Kidd Jr; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH HUMAN EFFECTIVENESS DIRECTORATE
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| Recent results have shown that listeners attending to the quieter of two speech signals in one ear (the target ear) are highly susceptible to interference from normal or time-reversed speech signals presented in the unattended ear. However, speech-shaped noise signals have little impact on the segregation of speech in the opposite ear. This suggests that there is a fundamental difference between the across-ear interference effects of speech and nonspeech signals. ... |
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| Multi-Access Laser Terminal Using Liquid Crystal Beam Steering (Preprint) |
2005 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
Jay Stockley; Steve Serati; BOULDER NONLINEAR SYSTEMS INC CO
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| Laser communications offer increased bandwidth and security over radio frequency. These advantages have made laser communications a key technology for future communication systems. The operation of transformational lasercom networks include terminal capabilities that are beyond those normally associated with one-to-one links. One requisite capability is multi-access communication where one terminal communicates with several other terminals. This type of operation is important for any terminal that is acting as a hub ... |
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| Preservation of and Permanent Access to Electronic Information Resources |
DEC 2004 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
Gail Hodge; INFORMATION INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATES INC HAVERTOWN PA
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| The rapid growth in the creation and dissemination of electronic information has emphasized the digital environment's speed and ease of dissemination with little regard for its long-term preservation and access. To some extent, electronic libraries, that is those libraries that are moving toward provision of materials in electronic form, have been swept up in this attitude as well. Electronic information includes a variety of object types such as electronic journals, ... |
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| A ModSAF RDR File Interface for the U.S. Army Research Laboratory Vulnerability Server |
NOV 2004 |
16 pages |
| Authors:
Erik Greenwald; ARMY RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD SURVIVABILITY LETHALITY ANALYSIS DIRECTORATE
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| With the move to High-Level Architecture and the Modeling Architecture for Technology Research EXperimentation (MATREX) suite, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory Vulnerability/Lethality Server required the ability to read the new database format for vulnerability probabilities. Support was provided through a component to read these database files, find the stored probabilities, and compute the probability packing suitable for selecting an end condition given a random number. The component implements a fast ... |
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| Planning Composer User's Guide: Through Beta Version 0.22 |
NOV 2004 |
44 pages |
| Authors:
Susan D. Nachtigall; Beth A. Brucker; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB
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| Over the past several years, the Architectural Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry has been making a substantial effort to create an standard facility modeling format known as the Industry Foundation Class (IFC), which has now made it possible to capture criteria and requirements during planning and design, and then to reuse this data during the life cycle of the facility. This research effort is par of the "Fort Future" program, ... |
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| Model Driven Architectures and UML Performance Modeling Capability - Design and Usage |
30 SEP 2004 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Leonard Weinberg; Harald Pschunder; Michael Stebnisky; LOCKHEED MARTIN MARITIME SYSTEMS AND SENSORS MOORESTOWN NJ
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| Both the commercial and the military markets are being driven by performance requirements that far exceed the capabilities of a minimum set of computing architectures. In addition, the requirements on many newer systems are being expressed in UML, a requirements modeling language that enforces standard and consistent practices for systems and software engineering design. There is a need to justify the computing architecture designs, and to estimate the computing architecture ... |
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| Determination of Atmospheric Path Radiance: Sky-to-Ground Ratio for Wargamers |
SEP 2004 |
69 pages |
| Authors:
Sean G. O'Brien; Richard C. Shirkey; ARMY RESEARCH LAB WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE NM
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| This document describes both the technical and user aspects of the sky-to-ground ratio program. The program computes sky-to-ground ratio, contrast transmission, transmission, path radiance, and zero-range-to-target background radiance for a user-specified observer (sensor) and target pair, situated on a slant path in the lower atmosphere for 19 different aerosols. Results are provided in hard-copy format and also in a computer-generated (tabular) file. The calculations are performed in one of three ... |
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| Statistical Methods for Analysis of NF Clinical Data |
AUG 2004 |
175 pages |
| Authors:
Harry Joe; BRITISH COLUMBIA UNIV VANCOUVER
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| This project describes research in statistical methods that has been usefully for statistical modelling and analysis of clinical data from NF1 and NF2 subjects. The statistical methods are classified into the areas: (a) estimation of familial correlation for different types of data, b)assessment of multi-hit mutation models for incidence of tumors. Accomplishing the project required development of some new statistical theory, as well as non-trivial computer programming to implement the ... |
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| The Career History Archival Medical and Personnel System (CHAMPS): An Epidemiological Data Resource for Force Health Protection |
JUN 2004 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Edward D. Gorham; Frank C. Garland; Milan Miller; E. K. Gunderson; OFFICE OF THE SURGEON GENERAL (AIR FORCE) WASHINGTON DC
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| The concept of force health protection depends on the ability to readily ascertain environmental factors that may be related to deployments or occupational exposures and examine subsequent medical and personnel outcomes, including hospitalizations (1). The Career History Archival Medical and Personnel System (CHAMPS) is a comprehensive database that provides an archival career and medical history for active-duty military personnel organized at the level of the individual in a chronological narrative ... |
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| The Effects of Information Displays in Decision About Tamoxifen Use for Breast Cancer Chemoprevention |
JUN 2004 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Isaac Lipkus; DUKE UNIV DURHAM NC
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| Behavioral interventions have focused primarily on early detection rather than the prevention of breast cancer; this trend is changing rapidly as chemoprevention agents, such as Tamoxifen, receive more attention. An important challenge is how to facilitate the review of Tamoxifen information among higher risk women who may benefit form its use. A second challenge is to understand how the format of conveying Tamoxifen's risks and benefits to affects women's (a) ... |
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| BRL-CAD Tutorial Series: Volume IV Converting Geometry Between BRLCAD and Other Formats |
MAY 2004 |
54 pages |
| Authors:
John R. Anderson; Eric W. Edwards; ARMY RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD SURVIVABILITY LETHALITY ANALYSIS DIRECTORATE
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| Since 1979, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory has been developing and distributing the BRL-CAD constructive solid geometry (CSG) modeling package for a wide range of military and industrial applications. The package includes a large collection of tools and utilities, including an interactive three- dimensional geometry editor, raytracing and generic framebuffer libraries, network-distributed image-processing and signal-processing capabilities, and an embedded scripting language. As part of this effort, a multivolume tutorial series ... |
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| Catalog of Community Habitat Models |
MAY 2004 |
6 pages |
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Antisa C. Webb; L. J. O'Neil; ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER VICKSBURG MS
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| Corps Districts are concentrating on tasks such as designing restoration projects (Planning), assessing impacts to the environment (Planning/ Operations and Maintenance), and evaluating permitting requests (Regulatory) using standard modeling tools such as the Habitat Suitability Index (HSI) models associated with Habitat Evaluation Procedures (HEP). Although developed for assessing impacts of large water resource projects, the utility and flexibility of HSI and HEP in other areas has been well established. In ... |
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