SBIR-STTR Award

Abductive Electronics Prognostic Tool (ADEPT)
Award last edited on: 11/12/2002

Sponsored Program
SBIR
Awarding Agency
DOD : AF
Total Award Amount
$849,982
Award Phase
2
Solicitation Topic Code
AF97-052
Principal Investigator
Gerard J Montgomery

Company Information

MarketMiner Inc (AKA: ABTECH Corporation)

1575 State Farm Boulevard Suites 1 & 2
Charlottesville, VA 22901
   (804) 977-0686
   N/A
   www.marketminer.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 05
County: Albemarle

Phase I

Contract Number: F30602-97-C-0149
Start Date: 4/30/1997    Completed: 1/30/1998
Phase I year
1997
Phase I Amount
$99,995
AbTech Corporation proposes to apply its unique Statistical Network ModelingTM technology to develop a non contact prognostic assessment tool that 1) acquires, processes, and analyzes electronic radiated signal data, 2) learns the expected characteristics and patterns of specific radiated signals measured from microelectronic semiconductor devices using AbTech's statistical network modeling technology, and 3) applies these learned models to assess and predict the health and time to failure of electronic equipment and identify unexpected leagues and concerning trends in semiconductor performance. The proposed system, called the Abductive Electronics Prognostic Tool (ADEPT), will be able to identify and interpret complex relationships in electronic equipment behavior to substantially reduce the likelihood of incipient failures and semiconductor degradation being undetected until they cause significant damage to critical electronic equipment. ADEPT will automatically analyze expected versus actual values of specified radiated signals, and indications of the significance of the differences. It will automatically learn how to detect and isolate anomalous equipment behavior based on measurable radiated signal data from semiconductor devices. The objectives of this effort are to prototype ADEPT and to demonstrate its exceptional potential value on selected measurable signals provided by the Center for Semicustom Integrated Systems (CSIS) at the University of Virginia.

Keywords:
Electronics Health Monitoring Machine Learning Neural Network Prognostics Semiconductor Statistical Network Test

Phase II

Contract Number: F30602-98-C-0051
Start Date: 9/15/1998    Completed: 9/15/2000
Phase II year
1998
Phase II Amount
$749,987
ASAAT Phase I demonstrated the feasibility of applying abductive modeling - an innovative and practical technology to air borne and ground target recognition. Phase 11 will use Phase I results and concept to produce and innovative solutions to relocatable target recognition problems. The major objective of ASAAT Phase II is to achieve and demonstrate substantial advances in relocatable target recognition systems by integrating the advantages of abductive modeling and model-based vision pattern recognition. An additional objective is to produce a design methodology to develop operational RT and other target recognition systems with this integrated technology. This proposal summarizes Phase I approaches and results, and outlines ASAAT Phase II. It discusses the advantages and limitations of bottom-up statistical and top-down model-based pattern recognition methodologies. It also presents the integration of these techniques for robust RT recognition. Phase II will be heavily based on the concepts and technology developed during Phase I, specifically information fusion, hierarchical modeling, and algorithm development. Phase II will show a high degree of technological innovation beyond Phase I, and will lead to the development of advanced military and commercial image pattern recognition systems.