| Sol No.: |
Navy SBIR FY2005.1 |
| Topic No.: |
N05-047 |
| Topic Title: |
Methods to Assess Technology Insertion Impact and Optimized Manning |
| Proposal No.: |
N051-047-1393 |
| Firm: |
Simulex Inc.
3000 Kent Avenue
West Lafayette, Indiana 47906-1075 |
| Contact: |
Chee Foong |
| Phone: |
(765) 463-2690 |
| Web Site: |
www.simulexinc.com |
| Abstract: |
The process of implementing and evaluating new and sometimes disruptive technologies on U.S. Navy ships and other maritime vessels is lengthy and intense. Micro-level changes in technology can cause macro-level changes to emerge that ripple through the ship infrastructure and radically impact business processes and ultimately the sailor. The sustainability and survivability of ships is determined by the degree to which information and other technologies permit crew to execute business processes and operate ship's infrastructure. We propose a multi-agent modeling and simulation platform to help predict the impact of technology insertions in the Navy ships. Our approach to achieving this objective is to develop and exercise human (crew), process (workflow) and infrastructure models using intelligent agents, which are programmed with the behaviors and rules required for interacting in a ship SoS. |
| Benefits: |
The Simulex strategy for transition into private sector markets is based on a coordinated effort to identify and contact potential end-users to secure additional investments that that could be leveraged to further the development and/or commercialization of the technology developed under Phase II and to determine the market need and size associated with the implementation of these technologies after the Phase III effort. The potential end-users that could derive immediate benefits from the application of these technologies include: 1. Federal Aviation Administration 2. Department of Homeland Security 3. Fortune 500 Companies, particularly shipping and retail companies and airlines |