SBIR-STTR Award

The purpose of this Phase I, II and III SBIR project is to further develop, enhance, and bring to the marketplace the Prophet software for use by the biomedical research community. In achieving this goal, the Contractor will review and assess each of the major application areas currently available in Prophet, including Data Acquisition and Analysis, Graphs, Statistics, Modeling, and Sequence Tools. Based on this Phase I assessment, the Contractor will incorporate enhancements and additional capabilities to create a more complete and robust software tool during Phase II. When appropriate, new application software available from the public domain or low cost sources will be incorporated to achieve a more comprehensive set of software tools.

Thesaurus Terms:
computer data analysis, computer program /software, computer simulation, computer system design /evaluation computer graphics /printing, statistics /biometry

Develop and implement enhancements to the PROPHET II software system. The enhancements envisioned promise to offer significant and unique features for both general and specific biomedical research applications. This effort also will create an automated statistical tool that will be very accurate, informative, and easy-to-use. The tasks required to achieve these improvements include (1) generic statistical and modeling capabilities, infrastructures, biomedical application-specific capabilities, and product maturation; (2) testing and validation of the mature PROPHET software pavkage using well-defined methods used to develop the ModelQuest products; (3) update/develop user's manuals and comprehensive HELP capabilities using current PROPHET documents as a guide; (4) distribute and commercialize the enhanced PROPHET II software package; (5) provide user support/customer care as defined in the Phase I Progress Reports; (6)Prepare and deliver Quarterly and Annual Reports; and (7) Prepare and Deliver a Final Report.