Deterrence via Narrative – The Role of Narrative Transportation in Creating Persuasive Messages
Romero, V. In Leveraging Neuroscientific and Neurotechnological (Neuro S&T) Developments with Focus on Influence and Deterrence in a Networked World, (Eds. H. Cabayan, W. Casebeer, D. DiEuliis, J. Giordano, and N.D. Wright), a Strategic Multi-Layer Assessment (SMA) White Paper (2014). Stories engage a different type of cognitive processing than do logical arguments; stories can bypass the […]
A Big Data Methodology for Bridging Quantitative and Qualitative Political Science Research
Sliva, A. and Neal Reilly, S. American Political Science Association 2014 Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (2014) The spread of digital technologies has led to a massively interconnected global system that creates and transmits astronomical quantities of data. This “information explosion” impacts the ways we can study and understand the dynamics of socio-political systems by increasing […]
Extending Tactical Range for Bomb Disposal using Autonomous Ground Robots
Stouch, D., Ost, A., and Moore, T. Proceedings of the 82nd Military Operations Research Society (MORS) Symposium, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Advanced Explosives (CBRNE) Defense working group, Alexandria, VA (June 2014) Unmanned robotic systems are a vital component of today’s military operations. They are used for operational maneuver (e.g., reconnaissance and IED defeat), maneuver […]
Rapid Assessment of Natural Disaster Effects using Autonomous Aircraft
Stouch, D., Moore, T., and Johnson, J. Proceedings of the 82nd Military Operations Research Society (MORS) Symposium, Infrastructure Analysis, Protection and Recovery (IAP&R) working group, Alexandria, VA (June 2014) Large-scale natural disasters have the potential to create loss of life and property on a large scale. Responding to these incidents is a complex process involving […]
Rapid Aerial Assessment of Post Incident Damage for Enhanced Situational Awareness
Stouch, D. Proceedings of the 2014 Center for Rebuilding Sustainable Communities after Disasters (CRSCAD) International Conference on Disaster Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and Sustainable Reconstruction: Science and Technology Applications to Mitigate Natural Hazards, Boston, MA (May 2014) Natural disasters such as hurricanes, floods, and forest fires have the potential to create great loss of life and property. […]
Creating Verifiable Colliding PDF Signatures
Temkin1, A., Boyer1, J., Brown1, K., Ramesh1,2, M., and Wu1,2., C. In the Proceedings of 10th Annual International Conference on Computer Science and Education in Computer Science, Albena, Bulgaria, (July 2014). In this paper, we extend the work of Stevens, et al. [Stevens 2007] to produce a pair of PDF documents that not only hash to […]
Supporting Representation Management in Intelligence Analysis through Automated Decision Aids
Voshell, M.1, Guarino, S.1, Tittle, J.2, and Roth, E.3 Presented at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Chicago, IL (October 2014) Intelligence analysts—overloaded with complex and disparate data—must incorporate information into cohesive and convincing narratives and explanations. For analysts, data overload can result in developing premature conclusions and limit their ability […]
Implications of Hierarchies for RSO Recognition, Identification, and Characterization
Wilkins, M.1, Pfeffer, A.2, Ruttenberg, B.2, Schumacher, P.3, and Jah, M.4 Presented at the 24th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics (ISSFD), Laurel, MD (May 2014) In our previous work, we demonstrated that hierarchical (taxonomical) trees can be used to depict hypotheses in a Bayesian object recognition and identification process using Figaro™, an open source probabilistic […]
A Tactical Decision Aid to Optimize Placement of Relay Nodes in Forward-Deployed Wireless Ground Sensor Networks
Mafusalov, A., Stouch, D., and Moore, T. Proceedings of the 82nd Military Operations Research Society (MORS) Symposium, Decision Analysis working group, Alexandria, VA (June 2014) Wireless ground sensor networks provide superior situational awareness in operational areas such as around forward operating bases (FOB) and command outposts (COP), but their deployment is complicated by unpredictable signal […]
