Information and Decision Recommender Navy STTR FY2014.A Sol No.: Navy STTR FY2014.A Topic No.: N14A-T024 Topic Title: Information and Decision Recommender Proposal No.: N14A-024-0183 Firm: Securboration Inc 1050 W NASA Blvd Suite 155 Melbourne, Florida 32901 Contact: Bruce McQueary Phone: (321) 591-7371 Web Site: www.securboration.com Abstract: A general framework for course of action (COA) recommender systems consists of four primary functional areas : (1) mapping human entered COA into formalized, machine readable knowledge representation; (2) deconstructing COA decision models into relevant features or variables of interest; (3) gathering and routing intelligence related to those features to specific warfighters evaluating COA; and (4) predictive capability that leverages the routed information sets to suggest COA recommendations. With this in mind, Securboration proposes to develop a predictive capability to rank COA , referred to as COA Recommendation Services (COARS) , that fits within the Navy's vision for a COA recommender. COARS is not a monolithic solution, but rather a service-based implementation that specifically addresses key technology in the COA recommender vision: predictive capability to rank COA. The novelty of our Team's approach is that we leverage seminal research in computational modeling and extend it by borrowing deep learning concepts to fuse knowledge and derive complex emergent behavior that is missed with existing reasoning techniques and algorithms. This accounts for the intricacies and dynamisms of the operational environment and overcomes the limitations of current COA recommender approaches that are based on simplistic assumptions regarding adversary objectives, limitations, and intent. Benefits: COARS will benefit DoD command and control systems, such as GCCS, by analyzing the wealth of enterprise-level information and inferring and ranking COA. Commercially, COARS has significant potential for business consulting services whose goal is often to steer their customers down the right path (COA) to meet their strategic and tactical objectives. Return