SBIR-STTR Award

Avineon proposes to develop a model for acquiring, organizing, storing, distributing, and analyzing the combat systems data resulting from interoperability tests, corrective actions, upgrades and modifications, during the D-30 process. The analyses will: (1) assist in the determination of readiness, (2) plan modifications and (3) assigning the plans priorities, based upon available budget and criticality. Avineon will develop the System architecture to implement this model. Object oriented analysis and design methods will be used, following the Rational Unified Process (RUP). Requirements, object models and their interactions will be described using UML and Rose visual models. The primary objective is to develop the architectural components of the system. As part of this process, hardware, network, and COTS product components will be evaluated and selected to develop a recommended architecture for a working system with the required functionality. Benefits Heterogeneous data sources have traditionally posed problems for mission critical analysis of combat data, thereby reducing the effectiveness of collecting such data. Since data resides on several disparate systems, real time access to and aggregation of that data is difficult. Traditional Data warehousing solutions are by nature static and inflexible. Avineon’s proposed Dimensional Object Model is dynamic and flexible and can evolve with advances in processes, methods, and technology. With the recent advances in technologies such as secure P2P, commercially available publish and subscribe models as well as security advances make it possible to access, aggregate and analyze heterogeneous data repositories quickly and efficiently. Applying this technology to combat data will enable battle readiness assessment in mission critical situations. Since the competitive environments in which most corporations operate also require prompt integration and analysis of data from multiple sources, the research proposed herein also has strong potential for successful commercial application. Keywords Interoperability, Heterogeneous, Agent, Dimensional, RUP, Combat-Systems, Object, Mission Critical

SBIR Topic N03-037 targets the development of a knowledge-based intelligent system for gathering information about battle force systems and provides automated intelligence to answer questions about that knowledge in a simple and intuitive manner. The primary goal of the project is to provide the system users a decision support system to assist them in making better decisions faster. Phase II of the SBIR will consist of two parts. The first part will consist of building the data warehouse that will store many different types of facts about the Battle Force systems. The data will be aggregated and streamlined to facilitate quick response and will include facilities to allow for slowly changing data as well as dynamic data. This dimensional data warehouse will help in analyzing data in different ways in a timely fashion. Once the data warehouse is built and in operation, the project team will transform the data warehouse from a dimensional model into an object dimensional model. The second part of the SBIR Phase II consists of building a Knowledge Management System (KMS) to take advantage of the aggregated data to help in making timely decisions based upon current and accurate data.

Keywords:
Object Oriented, Data Warehouse, Knowledge Management System, Knowledge Broker, Web Service, Database Management System, Battle Force Interoperability