| M&S Journal. Volume 7, Issue 1, Spring 2012 |
Jun 2012 |
73 pages |
| Authors:
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ALEXANDRIA VA MODELING AND SIMULATION COORDINATION OFFICE
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 | FEATURED ARTICLES: Guest Editorial by Frank Mullen; LVC Architecture Roadmap Implementation Results of the First Two Years by James E. Coolahan, Ph.D. & Gary W. Allen, Ph.D.; Highlights of the CREATE Program by Douglass E. Post; Designing and Developing Effective Training Games for the US Navy by Talib S. Hussain, Bruce Roberts, Ellen S. Menaker, Susan L. Coleman, Kelly Pounds, Alan Koenig, Clint Bowers, Richard Wainess, Janis A. Cannon-Bowers, John ... |
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| Hardware Supported Multi-Core Communications for Efficient Parallel Discrete Event Simulation |
Apr 2012 |
24 pages |
| Authors:
George Riley; Elizabeth Lynch; Brian Swenson; GEORGIA INST OF TECH ATLANTA SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
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| With the present and future proliferation of multi-core architecture computing devices, we expect that parallel programming and PDES in particular, will become more prevalent. In research presented here, we explored ways to dramatically reduce the overhead described above for PDES applications by designing and testing specialized hardware that could be incorporated into multi- core architecture designs. Once this hardware is incorporated into multi-core architectures, the overhead and message passing will ... |
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| NATO Education and Training Network |
Feb 2012 |
328 pages |
| Authors:
NATO RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATION NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE (FRANCE)
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| NETN was originated to integrate and enhance existing national capabilities and focus on the education and training of NATO Headquarters' staffs and NATO forces. A NETN consisting of a persistent infrastructure, distributed training and education tools, and standard operating procedures not only supports the training of NATO headquarters but also enables the Nations to collaborate with each other. NETN promises a cost and time efficient capability, and broader and deeper ... |
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| External Modeling Framework And The OpenUTF |
24 Jan 2012 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Jeffrey S Steinman; Craig N Lammers; Maria E Valinski; Wendy L Steinman; WARPIV TECHNOLOGIES INC SAN DIEGO CA
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| The Open Unified Technical Framework (OpenUTF) provides an External Modeling Framework (EMF) that offers support for all of its standard modeling constructs within an encapsulated object that can be created and used by non-OpenUTF applications. Acting like a proxy to simulations executing in the OpenUTF, the EMF coordinates robust and repeatable event processing and state management in logical time between external applications and the core parallel and distributed OpenUTF simulation. ... |
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| Application of Coalition Battle Management Language (C-BML) and C-BML Services to Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) Simulation Environments |
Dec 2011 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
Curtis Blais; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA MODELING VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS AND SIMULATION (MOVES)
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| Information sharing is a key requirement in Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) simulation environments. Operational plans, orders, and requests from live, virtual, or constructive command and control systems or simulations need to be received by and operated on by receiving LVC systems. Situational reports from the LVC systems need to be received and interpreted or displayed by receiving LVC systems. Many simulation systems have not been developed with capabilities for ... |
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| Test and Evaluation of Architecture-Aware Compiler Environment |
Nov 2011 |
104 pages |
| Authors:
Allan Snavely; CALIFORNIA UNIV SAN DIEGO LA JOLLA
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| Basic data flow patterns that we call performance idioms, such as stream, transpose, reduction, random access and stencil, are common in scientific numerical applications. We hypothesize that a small number of idioms can cover most programming constructs that dominate the execution time of scientific codes and can be used to approximate the application performance. To check these hypotheses, we built an automatic idioms recognition method tool and applied it to ... |
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| Organizational Transformation: Military Departments Can Improve Their Enterprise Architecture Programs |
Sep 2011 |
78 pages |
| Authors:
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| DOD is a massive and complex organization entrusted with more taxpayer dollars than any other federal department or agency. Organizationally, the department includes the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the military departments, numerous defense agencies and field activities, and various unified combatant commands that are responsible for either specific geographic regions or specific functions. (See fig. 1 for a simplified depiction of DOD s ... |
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| ProjectHPC: A Multi-Tier Architecture for Simulation and Analysis |
Sep 2011 |
18 pages |
| Authors:
Jerry Clarke; Kelly Kirk; James Collins; Ankur Chopra; Kenneth Renard; ARMY RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD COMPUTATIONAL AND INFORMATION SCIENCES DIRECTORATE
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| For Mobile Network Modeling, Multi-Scale Modeling, and Blast Protection for Platforms and Personnel, ARL is developing and providing a variety of codes and tools that require a wide range of computer sophistication from the user. This diverse and complex software supports a range of interfaces that extend from simple, intuitive interfaces with a minimal number of options to scalable, parallel simulators that are submitted via a batch queuing system. Subject ... |
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| High-level Closed-loop Fusion and Decision Making with INFORM Lab |
JUN 2011 |
49 pages |
| Authors:
Adel Guitouni; Pierre Valin; Hans Wehn; Jens Happe; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER (QUEBEC)
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| The INFORM Lab testbed allows experimenting with high-level distributed information fusion dynamic resource management and configuration management, given multiple constraints on the resources and their communications networks. The paper describes the architecture, the concepts of goals and situation evidence, algorithms for distributed information and dynamic resource management, and auto-configurable information fusion architectures. The testbed provides general services which include a multi-layer plug-and-play architecture, and a general multi-agent framework based on ... |
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| Towards Semantic Interoperability Between C2 Systems Following the Principles of Distributed Simulation |
JUN 2011 |
35 pages |
| Authors:
Vahid Mojtahed; Martin Ekloef; Jelena Zdravkovic; SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY STOCKHOLM
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| Increased focus on multi-functional and multi-national operations brings new requirements to military command and control, in addition to other capability requirements. Parallel but separate from this development, interoperability has been of major concern within Modeling and Simulation (M&S) for years, especially in connection with standards for distributed simulations, e.g. High Level Architecture (HLA). Both areas share a need to create configurations of systems where elements of information exchanged are interpreted ... |
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| An HLA-Based Approach to Quantify Achievable Performance for Tactical Edge Applications |
MAY 2011 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
Brian Rivera; John A. Tufarolo; Gary Comparetto; Vinay Lakshminarayan; Mohammad Mirhakkak; Ernest H. Page; Nancy Schult; David Yoo; ARMY RESEARCH LAB ADELPHI MD
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| The DoD is pursuing an end-to-end, seamless, network-centric enterprise communications infrastructure to support a wide range of operating conditions and network topologies. Evaluating the achievable performance of this communications infrastructure, as it evolves, is essential to the user community in order to guide their ongoing requirements, design, and procurement activities. Tactical edge applications present significant challenges to network evaluation methods since they often include mobile ad-hoc networks (MANETs) that employ ... |
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| FEDEF: A High Level Architecture Federate Development Framework |
SEP 2010 |
46 pages |
| Authors:
James W. van Spengen; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ATLANTIC DARTMOUTH (CANADA)
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| The development of High Level Architecture (HLA) federates can be repetitive and time consuming, with development time better spent on the aspects that differentiate the functionality provided by federates. The common tasks and design patterns involved in developing federates have been factored into an HLA federate development framework allowing for an easier and shorter federation development life cycle. Normally, federate interoperability is limited to a specific run time infrastructure (RTI) ... |
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| Feasibility of Lateral Emplacement in Very Deep Borehole Disposal of High Level Nuclear Waste |
JUN 2010 |
155 pages |
| Authors:
Jonathan S. Gibbs; MILITARY ACADEMY WEST POINT NY
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| The U.S. Department of Energy recently filed a motion to withdraw the Nuclear Regulatory Commission license application for the High Level Waste Repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. As the U.S. has focused exclusively on geologic disposal in shallow mined repositories for the past two decades, an examination of disposal alternatives will be necessary should the Yucca Mountain Project be terminated. This provides an opportunity to study other promising waste ... |
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| Virtual Ships: NATO Standards Development and Implementation |
Oct 2009 |
18 pages |
| Authors:
Gary Henry; Ian Cox; Paul Crossland; John Duncan; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND ASSESSMENT LTD FROME (UNITED KINGDOM)
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| The NATO Naval Armaments Group Sub-group 61 on Virtual Ships is developing standards for modelling and simulation applied to ship and maritime systems acquisition. Its objective is to enable multi-national simulation re-use and interoperability, employing modular simulation components and standardised interfaces. Technical activity encompasses product data modelling, runtime simulation, and practical demonstration of virtual ship applications. A standard agreement (STANAG) has been drafted which will codify SG61 results. A companion ... |
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| An Embodied Model of Infant Gaze-Following |
Jan-2009 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
Magdalena Bugajska; J G Trafton; Benjamin Fransen; Anthony M Harrison; NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC
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| We present an embodied model of gaze-following. The model learns how to follow another's gaze by using cognitively plausible mechanisms. It matches a classic gaze-following experiment (Corkum & Moore, 1998) and runs on an embodied robotic system. |
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| Distributed Planning in a Mixed-Initiative Environment |
01-Jun-2008 |
46 pages |
| Authors:
Chad DeStefano; Kurt Lachevet; Joseph Carozzoni; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB ROME NY SYSTEMS AND INFORMATION INTEROPERABILITY BRANCH
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| The USAF Command and Control (C2) is undergoing a transformation to enable a full-spectrum, joint warfighting capability. To be able to meet the future challenge of employing forces anywhere in the world in support of national security objectives, the USAF requires a highly synchronized, distributed planning and replanning capability that is flexible to adapt to any level of conflict. This paper describes an in-house program underway at the USAF Research ... |
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| UAV Swarm Mission Planning Development Using Evolutionary Algorithms and Parallel Simulation - Part II |
May-2008 |
19 pages |
| Authors:
Gary B Lamont; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH DEPT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
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| The purpose of this paper is to discuss the design and implementation of comprehensive mission planning systems for swarms of autonomous aerial vehicles (UAV). Such a system could integrate several problem domains including path planning, vehicle routing, and swarm behavior as based upon a hierarchical architecture. The example developed system consists of a parallel multi-objective evolutionary algorithm-based terrain-following parallel path planner, a multi-objective evolutionary algorithm (MOEA) for the UAV swarm ... |
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| PEO Soldier Simulation Road Map V - The MATREX Federation |
Apr-2008 |
45 pages |
| Authors:
Andreas Tolk; Robert H Jr; Kewley; Thomas Litwin; MILITARY ACADEMY WEST POINT NY OPERATIONS RESEARCH CENTER
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| The purpose of this study is to continue to build a capability for PEO Soldier to assess the platoon level effectiveness of different soldier equipment architectures using distributed simulation. Three combat models - IWARS, OneSAF, and COMBAT XXI. are integrated via the High-Level Architecture (HLA) in order to provide this capability. This year's effort focused on developing and demonstrating a runtime interaction between IWARS and OneSAF. In addition, a systems ... |
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| ProtoCore |
10-Mar-2008 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
ARMY RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING COMMAND REDSTONE ARSENAL AL
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| Overview of the MATREX ProtoCore system. |
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| MATREX Simulation Initialization |
10-Mar-2008 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
ARMY RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING COMMAND REDSTONE ARSENAL AL
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| Overview of the MATREX Simulation Initialization. |
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| MATREX - Modeling Architecture for Technology, Research and EXperimentation |
10-Mar-2008 |
16 pages |
| Authors:
Tom Hurt; ARMY RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING COMMAND WARREN MI
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| The purpose of MATREX (Modeling Architecture for Technology, Research and Experimentation) is to develop a composable Battle Command-centric modeling and simulation (M&S) environment consisting of multi-fidelity models, simulations and tools that are integrated and mapped to a Future Force/Blended Force architecture for use across the acquisition spectrum. Such a software tool kit enables interoperability across commands, PEOs/PMs, and Joint Commands in the areas of research, engineering, and training. MATREX maximizes ... |
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| Heterogeneous Uncertainty Management |
08 MAR 2008 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
Venkatramanan S. Subrahmanian; MARYLAND UNIV COLLEGE PARK DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| We developed methods to study the uncertainty that arises when we need multiple forms of reasoning and when multiple data representations are involved. We developed the concepts of heterogeneous temporal probabilistic (HTP) agents, the concept of probabilistic version of XML and RDF, and probabilistic methods to reason about collections of moving objects. |
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| Developing a Conceptual Architecture for a Generalized Agent-based Modeling Environment (GAME) |
MAR 2008 |
77 pages |
| Authors:
Christian T. Nguyen; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Agent-based technology is a relatively new, but rapidly proliferating decision technology. The relative immaturity of ABM software often requires significant programmer expertise in model representation and implementation. This limits potential users and their ability to utilize the software. We develop a high level conceptual architecture for an agent-based modeling environment which overcomes this limitation. This thesis defines a taxonomy of agents based on commonly accepted agent characteristics, reviews six of ... |
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| The Development of PIPA: An Integrated and Automated Pipeline for Genome-Wide Protein Function Annotation |
25 JAN 2008 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
Chenggang Yu; Nela Zavaljevski; Valmik Desai; Seth Johnson; Fred J. Stevens; Jaques Reifman; BIOTECHNOLOGY HPC SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS INST FORT DETRICK MD
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| Background: Automated protein function prediction methods are needed to keep pace with high-throughput sequencing. With the existence of many programs and databases for inferring different protein functions, a pipeline that properly integrates these resources will benefit from the advantages of each method. However, integrated systems usually do not provide mechanisms to generate customized databases to predict particular protein functions. Here, we describe a tool termed PIPA (Pipeline for Protein Annotation) ... |
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| Developing a Complete and Effective ACT-R Architecture |
01-Jan-2008 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
John R Anderson; Christian Lebiere; CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA
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| The Carnegie Mellon University team focused on extending their current cognitive architecture, ACT-R, to show how visual imagery, language, emotion and meta-cognition affect learning, memory, and reasoning. The architectural modules are associated with the processes of the basal ganglia, anterior cingulate, amygdala, and the motor, occipital, prefrontal, and parietal cortices. |
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| Sensor Performance Evaluation for Battlefield Environments (SPEBE) C++ Application Programming Interface (API) Version 1.0 |
01-Jan-2008 |
104 pages |
| Authors:
David Marlin; Shane Thomas; ARMY RESEARCH LAB WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE NM COMPUTATIONAL AND INFORMATION SCIENCE DIRECTORATE
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| In this report, a C++ library based on a compiled version of the Matlab-based Sensor Performance Evaluator for Battlefield Environments (SPEBE) is described. The library encapsulates the details of the Matlab infrastructure, including m-files and mxArray manipulation functions, so that the programmer can concentrate on the use of SPEBE rather than the details of compiled Matlab code. The high-level architecture of SPEBE is duplicated in the C++ class hierarchy, providing ... |
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| SecureCore Software Architecture: Trusted Path Application (TPA) Requirements |
01 DEC 2007 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Paul C. Clark; Cynthia E. Irvine; Timothy E. Levin; Thuy D. Nguyen; Timothy M. Vidas; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA CENTER FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY STUDIES AND RESEARCH
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| A mobile computing device has more inherent risk than desktops or most other stationary computing devices. Such mobile devices are typically carried outside of a controlled physical environment, and they must communicate over an insecure medium. The risk is even greater if the data being stored, processed and transmitted by the mobile device is classified. The purpose of the SecureCore research project is to investigate fundamental architectural features required for ... |
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| The Use of Simulation to De-risk Maritime UAV Operations |
01 NOV 2007 |
17 pages |
| Authors:
Ian Cox; Jeremy Howitt; John Duncan; SYSTEM ENGINEERING AND ASSESSMENT LTD BRISTOL (UNITED KINGDOM)
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| The UK Ship/Air Interface Framework (SAIF) project has developed a networked simulation architecture for the purposes of studying the dynamic interface between an air vehicle and the ship from which it operates. The SAIF project has enhanced the simulation technology developed for the 13 nation NATO/PfP Interoperability and Re-Use Study (NIREUS), and has initially been aimed at developing a simulation system capable of accurately predicting the Ship/Helicopter Operating Limits (SHOLs) ... |
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| Comparing Organic vs. Assigned UAV Support to the Maneuver Company |
01 NOV 2007 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
MILITARY ACADEMY WEST POINT NY DEPT OF SYSTEM ENGINEERING
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| The US Army has plans to deploy a dedicated UAV system at every echelon. However, there are disadvantages to fielding such a large number of different and separately controlled vehicles. This research addresses one key part of this issue of selecting the right mix of UAV systems: How shall a company be supported? We consider two alternatives for the company commander, loosely based on systems currently under development: (1) the ... |
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| Unifying Systems Engineering Simulations |
22 OCT 2007 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
Kevin Tang; Ryan O'Grady; Glenn Beach; Rakesh Patel; Jason Ueda; CYBERNET SYSTEMS CORP ANN ARBOR MI
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| The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) relies on a multitude of fragmented simulations to assist in engineering new systems. The DoD has recognized the need for unified simulation environments to enhance the value of new models and help achieve its defense transformation goals; a major example of this is the U.S. Army's OneSAF program. However, no plan exists to leverage the thousands of simulation models that remain idle on shelves. ... |
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| Design and Initial In-Water Testing of Advanced Non-Linear Control Algorithms onto an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) |
Oct-2007 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Vladimir Djapic; J A Farrell; Paul Miller; Rich Arrieta; SPACE AND NAVAL WARFARE SYSTEMS CENTER SAN DIEGO CA UNMANNED MARITIME VEHICLE LAB
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| UUVs equipped with high-level control software have a variety of potential applications for Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection (ATFP) objectives. Desirable vehicle control capabilities include the ability to drive at very low, controllable speeds, the ability to maintain a set distance and attitude (pitch and roll) relative to some surface for optimal sensor (both sonar and video) effectiveness, and the ability for the operator to intervene to change the mission activities. Moreover, a ... |
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| CrossTalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering. Volume 20, Number 9, September 2007 |
01-Sep-2007 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
Karen M Goertzel; Grace A Lewis; Dennis B Smith; Michael S Russell; Mitch Chan; John Michelsen; SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT CENTER HILL AFB UT
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| CONTENTS: 1)The Security of Web Services as Software by Karen Mercedes Goertzel: This article both describes the content of Special Publication 800-95 and highlights its critical omissions in terms of measures needed to produce Web service software that is in and of itself secure. 2) Four Pillars of Service-Oriented Architecture by Grace A. Lewis and Dr. Dennis B. Smith: This article outlines four pillars to Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) success and ... |
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| Modifiability Tactics |
SEP 2007 |
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| Authors:
Felix Bachmann; Len Bass; Robert Nord; CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INST
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 | An architectural tactic is a design decision that affects how well a software architecture addresses a particular quality attribute. This report describes how tactics are based on the parameters of quality attribute models. Tactics provide an architectural means of adjusting those parameters, which, in turn, can improve the quality-attribute-specific behavior of the resulting system. This report justifies the tactics for modifiability, using established concepts of coupling, cohesion, and cost motivations ... |
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| Southern California Agile Supply Network. Strategic Mobility 21 |
31 AUG 2007 |
46 pages |
| Authors:
Lawrence G. Mallon; Beth Kulick; CALIFORNIA STATE UNIV LONG BEACH CENTER FOR THE COMMERCIAL DEPLOYMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES (CCDOTT)
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| This document describes a modeling framework, the Southern California Agile Supply Network (SCASN) simulation modeling system. This model, contracted to support SM21 for regional initiatives currently within Southern California, is intentionally designed to be flexible and generic such that it can be applied to any region or agile networking scenario. |
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| System Life Cycle Support (SLCS) |
23 AUG 2007 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
Sam Gachupin; TACOM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER WARREN MI
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| PDES, Inc. is an international industry (OEMs)/government consortium formed to accelerate the development and implementation of ISO 10303, STEP(STandard for Exchange of Product model data). This data transfer standard is designed to allow companies and customers effectively exchange information, enhancing product development strategies. The objective of the System Life Cycle Support System Life Cycle Support (SLCS) is to develop a STEP-based life cycle management and support system, integrating U.S. Army ... |
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| Extensible 3D (X3D) Earth Technical Requirements Workshop Summary Report |
01 AUG 2007 |
156 pages |
| Authors:
Don Brutzman; Amela Sadagic; Terry Norbraten; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA MODELING VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS AND SIMULATION
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| The initial X3D Earth Technical Requirement Workshop called together leading experts to determine a broad set of technical requirements that will be necessary to construct an X3D Earth. This workshop was held 14-15 November 2006 at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, California, USA. The main goal in the creation of an Extensible 3D (X3D) Earth will be achieved by Web3D Consortium members who are preparing to build a ... |
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| Hyperion Intelligence Dashboards and Experimentation at Lockheed Martin's Center for Innovation |
01-Jun-2007 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
Steve Notarnicola; Matt Franz; A J Byrd; LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP SUFFOLK VA
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| Experimentation Data Process: *Lockheed Martin experimentation at the Center for Innovation, -Constructive Simulations, -Human-in-the-Loop Simulation; *Two main issues; -Data Extraction/Storage, -Data Manipulation/Reduction; *Early Experimentation (2006 Processes), -Post Run extraction, -Manual reduction/consolidation; *Current Experimentation (2007 Processes), -Real-Time and Post Run extraction, -Hyperion Intelligence for Data reduction |
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| Simultaneous Consumables, Resources, and Spares Optimization for Future Combat System Logistics |
01-Jun-2007 |
18 pages |
| Authors:
Jean-Paul Watson; David R Strip; David L Woodruff; SANDIA NATIONAL LABS ALBUQUERQUE NM
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| TALK OVERVIEW * Motivation * The System-of-Systems Analysis Toolkit (SoSAT) * Hybrid Simulation and Optimization Strategies * Randomized Greedy Search -- Generating Solutions for Individual Scenarios * Progressive Hedging -- Aggregating Solutions Across Multiple Scenarios * Conclusions * In-Progress and Future Research Directions. |
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| Sonar 3 VMSA Federate: User Guide and Technical Description |
APR 2007 |
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| Authors:
Allan Gillis; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ATLANTIC DARTMOUTH (CANADA)
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| This federate provides a medium fidelity sonar model for Virtual Maritime Systems Architecture (VMSA) high level architecture (HLA) simulations. The model best represents towed array systems, but can be configured to model flank arrays as well. The Sonar model is coupled with an auto-detector/signal follower that creates VMSA Sonar tracks without an operator. While the federate is written in Java, the signal follower is provided only as a compiled Windows ... |
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| Illustration Watermarking for Digital Images: An Investigation of Hierarchical Signal Inheritances for Nested Object-based Embedding |
23-Feb-2007 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
Jana Dittmann; OTTTO-VON-GUERICKE-UNIVERSITAT MAGDEBURG (GERMANY)
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| Objective of this research in object-based annotation watermarking is to address the problem of Nested Object-based Embedding for hierarchical object compositions in images. Here it is necessary that each annotation does not interfere with any other annotation within the image and furthermore, it is also desirable that the relationship between annotations can directly be expressed by the structure of the different watermarks. The concept of addressing these research challenges has ... |
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| Can a Self-Diagnostic Digitally Controlled Pacemaker/Defibrillator Device be Used for Alerting Military Personnel When a Soldier Health Condition Becomes Compromised Out in the Field |
26 JAN 2007 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Steven Nedd; TACOM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER WARREN MI
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| The Self-Diagnostic Digitally Controlled Pacemaker/Defibrillator Device (SDDCPDD) has several features that I think may be very useful to the Armed Services. Even though this device is designed as a pacemaker/defibrillator device; its applications can be used as a sensory data retrieval device for Soldiers that have been captured in the field or in combat missions. This research investigates the use of Unified Modeling Language (UML) Diagrams, Object-Oriented Analysis and Design, ... |
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| PRIVACYGRID: Supporting Anonymous Location Queries in Mobile Environments |
2007 |
17 pages |
| Authors:
Bhuvan Bamba; Ling Liu; GEORGIA INST OF TECH ATLANTA COLL OF COMPUTING
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| We present PRIVACYGRID - a framework for supporting anonymous location-based queries in mobile information delivery systems. The PRIVACYGRID framework offers three unique capabilities. First, we provide a location privacy preference profile model, called location P3P, which allows mobile users to explicitly define their preferred location privacy requirements in terms of both location hiding measures "e.g., location k-anonymity and location l-diversity" and location service quality measures "e.g., maximum spatial resolution and ... |
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| First Applications of the Joint Forces Command Information Operations Range - An ACETEF Perspective |
Dec-2006 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
Stephen C O'Day; Kirk J Bonnevier; Derek L Kropp; Michael R Morrison; Mark R Freed; NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND PATUXENT RIVER MD INTEGRATED BATTLESPACE SIMULATION AND TEST DEPT
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| The Air Combat Environment Test and Evaluation Facility (ACETEF), located at Patuxent River, MD, participated in the Navy Use Case (NUC) event sponsored by Joint Forces Command (JFCOM). Some of the other sites participating in this distributed simulation event included the Integrated Battlespace Arena (IBAR) at China Lake, CA, the Joint Research Analysis and Assessment Center (JRAAC) at Huntsville, AL and facilities located at Ft. Meade, MD. The Information Operations ... |
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| Gun Control for VBE-E: User Guide and Technical Description |
NOV 2006 |
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| Authors:
Tania E. Wentzell; DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ATLANTIC DARTMOUTH (CANADA)
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| This paper describes the gun control interface that was added to the Horizon 3 Command and Control (C2) framework, a central component of the distributed experimentation environment used by the Virtual Combat System (VCS) Group at Defence R&D Canada Atlantic (DRDC Atlantic), for Virtual Battle Experiment Echo (VBE-E). This interface, in the form of a Horizon plug-in, allows the operator to identify which targets are within firing range, assign targets ... |
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| Achieving AFRL Universal FADEC Vision With Open Architecture Addressing Capability and Obsolescence for Military and Commercial Applications (Preprint) |
NOV 2006 |
49 pages |
| Authors:
Alireza R. Behbahani; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH PROPULSION DIRECTORATE
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| The United States Air Force (USAF) has over 24,000 aircraft which include over 47,000 turbine engines. The aircraft systems are expensive and must be routinely modernized or upgraded to keep pace with threats, missions, and advancing technology. Each modern turbine engine includes controls and accessories which cost about 1/5 of the total cost of an engine. The main component of controls and accessories are the Full Authority Digital Engine Controls ... |
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| Effectiveness of JSAF as an Open Architecture, Open Source Synthetic Environment in Defense Experimentation |
OCT 2006 |
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| Authors:
Fawzi Hassaine; Nacer Abdellaoui; Altan Yavas; Paul Hubbard; Anderw L. Vallerand; DEFENCE RESEARCH ANALYSIS ESTABLISHMENT OTTAWA (ONTARIO)
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| Today's operational environment necessitates joint or combined operations at all levels. Modeling and simulation (M&S) is a key element supporting combined or joint forces experimentation, training and decision support needs. There are few joint Simulation Environments that can support current and future requirements, and that will range from low to high level of fidelity. Few tools can support the concept of "Scalable Fidelity". We have thus tested the hypothesis that ... |
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| A Web-Portal Based Approach for Knowledge Networks in Support of the Pathfinder Programme |
OCT 2006 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
Andreas Tolk; Charles D. Turnitsa; Gunnar Oehlund; Gokay Sursal; OLD DOMINION UNIV NORFOLK VA VIRGINIA MODELING ANALYSIS AND SIMULAITON CENTER
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| Technical activity program MSG-027 "Pathfinder Integration Environment" has the task of bringing the integration knowledge required to build a federation to whatever organization is charged with a federating task. In order to effectively have all federates, the organization must have access to the knowledge needed to work with the federates. The knowledge could be shared via training and education programs, however the number of systems make a universal training program ... |
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| Runtime Simulation for Post-Disaster Data Fusion Visualization |
OCT 2006 |
46 pages |
| Authors:
Thenkurussi Kesavadas; Youngseok Kim; Pritul Shah; Matthew Mandiak; James Llinas; Peter Scott; STATE UNIV OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO CENTER FOR MULTISOURCE INFORMATION FUSION
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| With regard to the threats of recent natural and man-made disasters, it is important for a control center to be aware of the situation and be able to assess the threat. However, simulating a large amount of post-disaster fused data is a complicated task, and its visualization is even more difficult to achieve with the paradigm of common geo-referencing systems. We have developed a post-disaster monitoring interface that runs in ... |
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| Can A Self-Diagnostic Digitally Controlled Pacemaker/Defibrillator Device be Used For Alerting Military Personnel When a Soldier Health Condition Becomes Compromised Out in the Field |
26 SEP 2006 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
Nedd Steven; TACOM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER WARREN MI
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| he Self-Diagnostic Digitally Controlled Pacemaker/Defibrillator Device (SDDCPDD) has several features that I think may be very useful to the Armed Services. Even though this device is designed as a pacemaker/defibrillator device; its applications can be used as a sensory data retrieval device for Soldiers that have been captured in the field or in combat missions. This research investigates the use of Unified Modeling Language (UML) Diagrams, Object-Oriented Analysis and Design, ... |
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| Modeling & Simulation for Experimentation, Test & Evaluation and Training: Alenia Aeronautica Experiences and Perspectives |
01 SEP 2006 |
39 pages |
| Authors:
Marcella Guido; Cristiano Montrucchio; ALENIA AERONAUTICA SPA TORINO (ITALY) SYSTEM AND SIMULATION DEPT
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| The use of Modeling & Simulation to support aircraft development is nowadays common practice within any modern aeronautical industry, and a long term key capability of Alenia Aeronautica. Starting from such crucial role, M&S utilization has progressively expanded to effectively support the aeronautical system's early stages -- feasibility and definition, and later stages -- in service support and pilots training, becoming an essential element during the entire system's life cycle. ... |
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