SBIR/STTR Research Award
RURAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER EXPERT SYSTEM
Award amount
$180,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1992Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Agriculture
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Foresight Sci & Tech Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
FORESIGHT IS EXPERT IN TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER. IN THIS PROJECTWE WILL TAP OUR OWN EXPERTISE, AND THAT OF CURRENT RURAL SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR NON-FARM BUSINESSES TO DEVELOP AN EXPERT SYSTEM FOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TO THESE RURAL COMPANIES. DATA FOR THE EXPERT SYSTEM WILL BE COLLECTED THROUGH FIVE METHODS: A FOCUS GROUP, LITERATURE SEARCH, INTERVIEWS WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, WA, AND PARTICIPATIONOBSERVATION OF SERVICE PROVIDERS FROM THE JEFFERSON COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. THE EXPERT SYSTEM WILL BE DESIGNED TO RUN ON A 2686/386 DOS-BASED COMPUTER. IT WILL CONTAIN A GENERAL FRAMEWORK AS WELL AS A TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER SPECIFIC MODULE, MAKING IT SUITABLE FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT INTO A GENERAL BUSINESS CONSULTING PROGRAM FOR RURAL NON-FARM BUSINESSES.
Technology keywords
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