Content and Information Flow Modeling Toolkit Navy STTR FY2004 Sol No.: Navy STTR FY2004 Topic No.: N04-T027 Topic Title: Content and Information Flow Modeling Toolkit Proposal No.: N045-027-0404 Firm: Tesla Laboratories Inc. 3524 S Street NW Washington, D.C. 20007-2242 Contact: George Stejic Phone: (414) 807-0006 Web Site: www.tesla.net Abstract: This proposed program seeks to develop, demonstrate, and commercialize a versatile new computer modeling approach for simulating and assessing the operation state of the information space in information networks. Currently there is a lack of tools for assessing the administration and operation of information networks at a component level (i.e. the interaction of the networks, computers, and software with data). The goal of this proposal is to solve this deficiency. The proposed modular model will quantity and visualize information network performance by: 1.) modeling each network component, 2.) simulating the digital passed between the network components and 3.) emulating data flow through the information system. The program will calculate the: 1.) Data Latency, 2.) Component Loading and 3.) Economic Cost for potential engineering designs; thereby providing system architects, managers, and operators with an urgently needed tool to better evaluate, visualize, and control information network traffic under various stresses. It will assess the effects of the stresses on the resultant quality of service provided by the network and will readily allow exploration of the effects of adding new clients and/or making network component changes via API compatible plug-ins. Benefits: Mature technology development will result in a versatile and flexible object-oriented simulator (accessible and compatible Windows platform) for modeling information network component interactions collectively and under simulated stresses. Military benefits include: 1). Rapid, more cost-effective, and more accurate information system architecture and sub-system design/development/management, 2). Lower information network upkeep cost, 3). Better and more robust network performance, 4). Providing mission military and/or NASA mission modeling for simulating logistics, integration, processing, and crew activities to improve mission efficiency. Private Sector benefits include: 1). Optimizing the nation's electrical power generation and distribution system, 2). Emulating complex industrial control and commercial telecommunications/data routing network system performance to improve performance and efficiency. 3). Analyzing air and vehicular traffic patterns, 4). Smart device (i.e. vehicles or buildings) design and performance optimization Return