Abstract #301159

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JSM 2003 Abstract #301159
Activity Number: 347
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 6, 2003 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Cmte of Representatives to AAAS
Abstract - #301159
Title: Decision Support Environments: Qualitative/Quantitative Science Interface in Support of Homeland Security
Author(s): Sallie Keller-McNulty*+ and Deborah Leishman
Companies: Los Alamos National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory
Address: PO Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM, 87545-0001,
Keywords: surveillance ; biodefense ; framework ; uncertainty quantification ; missile defense ; homeland
Abstract:

A vast amount of problems confronted in protecting our homeland revolve around some sort of surveillance, from assessing the nuclear stockpile to detecting a chemical or biological release in a metropolitan area. All of these problems require response coordination among many individuals and organizations. The information used to inform this response is diverse, ranging from simplistic 0-1 alerts to complex computer models and multi-media. We are developing a framework for decision support environments for a broad class of surveillance problems. The framework is built on concepts of operations paradigm that qualitatively underpins the complex vertical and lateral decision processes in such problems. The framework allows for varying degrees of complex statistical information integration, which accounts for data/information quality and uncertainty quantification. Specific examples and demonstrations will be given in the areas of Bio-Defense and Missile Defense.

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