CRYPTOLOGIC ESM EXPERT SYSTEM MAN-MACHINE INTERFACE DESIGN

CRYPTOLOGIC OPERATIONS TODAY ARE MUCH MORE COMPLEX THAN THOSE OF JUST A FEW SHORT YEARS AGO. THE RF ENVIRONMENT COMPLEXITY HAS INCREASED. TO MEET THIS INCREASED COMPLEXITY, AN ARRAY OF FIELDED CRYPTOLOGIC ESM EQUIPMENTS, SUBSYSTEMS, AND AUTOMATED ANALYTICAL TOOLS HAVE BEEN, OR ARE BEING, DEVELOPED. SOME IMPROVEMENT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED, ESPECIALLY WITH THE INTRODUCTION AND PIONEERING USE OF EXPERT SYSTEMS; HOWEVER, USING CO-LOCATED SUBSYSTEMS IN A COORDINATED MANNER ONBOARD A PLATFORM IS DIFFICULT DUE TO DISPARITIES IN PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENTS, SUBSYSTEM SPECIALIZATION, THE EXTENSIVE AND DIFFERENT MAN-MACHINE-INTERFACES (MMI). IMPLEMENTED MMI DESIGN SHOULD REFLECT HOW THE OPERATOR ACTUALLY USES AND INTERACTS WITH THE MACHINE. DELFIN WILL ANALYZE AND DESIGN A GENERIC EXPERT SYSTEM MMI USEFUL IN ANY DEPLOYED ESM SYSTEM. DELFIN WILL GENERICALLY DEFINE CRYPTOLOGIC SYSTEMM USE AND TECHNICAL OPERATORPROCEDURES, IDENTIFY AND ORGANIZE THE UNIVERSAL FUNCTIONALITIES OF DEPLOYED CRYPTOLOGIC SYSTEMS, DEVELOP AN MMI INTERFACE REQUIREMENTS MATRIX, INVESTIGATE POTENTIALLY USEFUL AI MMI DESIGN TECHNOLOGIES, AND THEN DESIGN THE EXPERT SYSTEM MMI. DELFIN WILL DEVELOP AN APPROACH FOR IMPLEMENTING THE MMI DESIGN FOR CURRENTLY DEPLOYED SYSTEMS AND FOR SYSTEMS UNDER PROCUREMENT.