Advanced Algorithm Development

"Traditional software processing techniques can quite adequately address problems where the input data is accurate, and there is only one possible result for each situation. However, there are numerous problems related to missile defense that do not mapeasily to these traditional techniques.Individual AI technologies, such as expert systems, are most effective when sufficient knowledge is initially available and can be effective at high-level reasoning and explaining their results. Conversely, neural networks can be very effective atlow-level reasoning and dealing with learned information, but are weak at explaining their results. A hybrid system approach, which combines a high-level reasoning capability with low-level techniques, can operate input data that would not be suitable forthese technologies if used in isolation.Although existing techniques can sufficiently address small parts of the overall problem space, substantial value can be provided by a cohesive system that can effectively reason about the entire problem space from low-level sensor data scrubbing, throughmid-level classification, and high-level decision support. A system that is capable of not only addressing one kind of problem, but that can additionally adapt how it solves the problem to produce an optimal response would be a significant advance overexisting systems. An integrated system capable of applying multiple levels of reasoning technologies and technique