"IGF::OT::IGF" OTHER FUNCTIONS: TASK ORDER TITLE: STATISTICAL ENGINEERING FOR NEXT GENERATION AIR TRANSPORT…

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"IGF::OT::IGF" OTHER FUNCTIONS: TASK ORDER TITLE: STATISTICAL ENGINEERING FOR NEXT GENERATION AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM II 2. PURPOSE, OBJECTIVE, AND BACKGROUND OF WORK TO BE PERFORMED: STATISTICAL METHODS ARE BEING UTILIZED IN NASA S NEXT GENERATION AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM (NEXTGEN) SYSTEMS ANALYSIS, INTEGRATION, AND EVALUATION (SAIE) AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT (ATM) TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION 1 (ATD-1) TO ASSESS THE PERFORMANCE AND EFFICIENCY OF CONCEPTS, TOOLS, PROCEDURES, AND ALGORITHMS, AND SUPPORT OPERATIONAL ANALYSES. MORE SPECIFICALLY, STATISTICAL EXPERIMENT DESIGN AND ANALYSIS IS REQUIRED TO SUPPORT SIMULATIONS EVALUATING INDIVIDUAL CONCEPTS AND SIMULATIONS INVESTIGATING THE INTEGRATION OF CONCEPTS AND TECHNOLOGIES, LEADING TO A DEMONSTRATION OF THE TECHNOLOGIES IN A RELEVANT ENVIRONMENT. TO SUPPORT ATD-1, STATISTICAL EXPERTISE IS REQUIRED THAT FOCUSES ON HYPOTHESIS DEFINITION, EXPERIMENT DESIGN, PLANNING AND OBSERVATION, SAMPLE SIZE DETERMINATION, ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE, REGRESSION MODELING, NONPARAMETRIC ANALYSES, HYPOTHESIS TESTING, INFERENCE, AND INTERPRETATION OF THE EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS, WHICH INCLUDE BOTH SIMULATION (BATCH) AND HUMAN-IN-THE-LOOP INVESTIGATIONS. THIS WORK CONTINUES THE INVESTIGATIONS STARTED UNDER IDIQ CONTRACT NNL08AA00B TASK ORDER NNL12AC58T. THIS TASK REQUIRES STATISTICAL ANALYSIS, INTERPRETATION, COMMUNICATION, AND WRITTEN REPORTS. 3. DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK TO BE PERFORMED: THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM THE FOLLOWING TASK REQUIREMENTS: 3.1 PERFORM -DATA QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF RAW EXPERIMENTAL DATA SETS LOOKING FOR OUTLIERS AS SPECIFIED BY THE PROJECT REQUIREMENTS, WHICH WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE REFERENCE ANALYSIS REPORT STRUCTURE, FOR BATCH AND HUMAN-IN-THE-LOOP NEXTGEN ATD-1 EXPERIMENTS ON FLIGHT DECK INTERVAL MANAGEMENT (FIM) CONDUCTED IN THE AIR TRAFFIC OPERATIONS LABORATORY (ATOL). 3.2 APPLY STATISTICAL METHODS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, APPLIED STATISTICS, STATISTICAL INFERENCE, REGRESSION, EXPERIMENT DESIGN, ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE, AND NONPARAMETRIC ANALYSES FOR EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION TO TEST HYPOTHESES DEFINED BY THE RESEARCHERS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WHETHER OR NOT PILOT WORKLOAD IS ACCEPTABLE WHEN USING FIM. 3.3 DEVELOP A METHODOLOGY FOR MODELING THE VOICE COMMUNICATIONS USED IN HUMAN-IN-THE-LOOP NEXTGEN ATD-1 EXPERIMENTS ON FIM CONDUCTED IN THE ATOL. THIS TASK DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY CONTACT WITH HUMAN SUBJECTS, AND ALL CONTACT WITH HUMAN SUBJECTS WILL BE COVERED BY THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERVAL REVIEW BOARD. POP - 8/15/2013 - 8/14/2014