Shelley P. Gallup

Knowledge management for the analysis of complex experimentation

Government agencies carry out many events each year designed to determine future requirements and capabilities. These events include field experiments, surveys, interviews, simulations and workshops. Similar themes are evident across many of these events. Unfortunately, mechanisms for passing information from one event to the next, or for developing bodies of knowledge in the topical areas they address, have yet to be fully developed. The task is difficult on two fronts. In response to this need a knowledge management capability was developed to help provide structure for dynamic and static data and thereby, aid in the analysis of complex experimentation. The system warehouses qualitative and quantitative data and supports mining operations through a number of traditional and artificial intelligence‐based techniques. Described are the information architecture of the system, the knowledge processing methodologies, and the structure of the thematic data sets that form the knowledge ontologies.

Tacfire: Enterprise Knowledge in Service Oriented Architecture

FORCEnet Innovation & Research Enterprise (FIRE) system supports experimentation planning, management, and analysis, providing knowledge services to initiative teams. The scope expanded with Trident Warrior 2005 (TW05) and an initiative to apply FIRE in tactical fleet operations to help establish baselines for CNO initiatives in next-generation knowledge management. Included were technical assessment of XML-based knowledge and collaborative services within service-oriented architecture (SOA). This paper presents operational context and results for core knowledge capabilities and collaborative services

Enterprise 2.0 Collaboration for Collective Knowledge and Intelligence Applications

This paper describes an enterprise system implemented to support ad-hoc collaborative processes in a largescale Department of Defense experiment that integrated civil authorities, coalition nations, and non-governmental agencies in a mock international crisis. The deployed system was a commercial service-oriented architecture that provided XML-based web services that supported user-initiated and self-managed collaborative functions, and virtual workspaces within which participants could create and secure communities of interest. Assessed is the degree to which cooperative tools and processes can be specified given the inevitability of ad-hoc information processes and emergent communications.

Knowledge Engineering Experimentation Management System for Collaboration

This paper presents a methodology and system for the analysis of complex experiments currently utilized by the Department of Defense. Assessed are effectiveness and efficiency of systems interactions and affected intra- and interorganizational processes. Methodology is derived from an operational experimentation analytics and management system designed to assess next-generation military e-services and infrastructure. A focus is the expansion of systems methodology beyond traditional transaction-oriented exchanges to include management layers for complex inter-organizational processes and mechanisms to accommodate sensitive company operations.

Quality of service process variables in complex B2B systems integration assessment

This paper presents QoS variables in the organization of complex business processes in large-scale systems integration. A specific focus is on QoS assessment structures that address variables to include: (a) network infrastructure evolution; (b) open and proprietary mid-level applications; and (c) decision-support processes assessing technologies and capabilities. The research is based on a QoS analysis system for complex military B2B and systems integration projects.

Joint Experimentation Results from Fleet Battle Experiment Foxtrot

Abstract : Fleet Battle Experiments produce information that is relevant to Joint Experimentation Objectives and Issues. This report presents an extraction of Joint Experimentation pertinent information from Fleet Battle Experiment Foxtrot.