CAPABILITIES AND AREAS OF INTEREST

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CAPABILITIES
AND
AREAS OF INTEREST
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CAPABILITIES
and
AREAS OF INTEREST
engage in systems analysis, information processing, applied
research, design and development in the engineering and
physical sciences with emphasis on the production of opera-
tionally oriented solutions in the following areas:
System Integration
Management Science
Operations Analysis
Mathematical Models
Simulation and Synthesis
System Performance Evaluation
System Organization and Control
Experimental Design and Analysis
Cost and Operational Effectiveness
The application of systems analysis techniques are funda-
mental to a thorough understanding of complex operations. The
ability to mathematically define and model the system under
.consideration in itself requires a detailed investigation into
the nature of the process whatever its physical and chemical
attributes may be.
It is important to approach a system investigation from an
engineering point of view, i.e. to establish operational criteria
consistent with desired end results, define the appropriate con-
straints, and provide an output which is operationally useful.
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INFORMATION PROCESSING
Graphic Analysis
Signal Processing
? Computer Applications
? Scientific Programming
Data Reduction and Analysis
Information Storage and Retrieval
Information and Technology Transfer
Information Recording, Processing, Display
and Reporduction
New developments in recording techniques and new require-
ments for utility of data impose the need for composite methods
in information processing. While many applications can be
developed on purely stochastic terms, a wide variety of modern
uses require the reduction of processed data to a result inter-
pretable in terms of the "real world" problem; e.g., it is
possible to present cardiographic information in terms under-
standable to the communication theorist. For most applications,
however, these data are useful only by reference to a set of
standard responses which are highly subjective in nature. One
must therefore consider the intended use, methods of graphic
display and the nature of the data as well as the pure signal
processing attributes of the problem.
In the recent past, many new developments in handling textual
and graphic data have been presented. Other data forms are non-
periodic with poorly defined second order statistics. In many
cases a combination of file management, information retrieval
methods, communication theory and advanced computational techniques
provide a basis for attack on the problem.
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APPLIED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Photometry
Mensuration
Target Design
Optical Systems
Image Enhancement
Microdensitometry
Pattern Recognition
Photographic Data Extraction
and Analysis
Optical Data Processing
Laser Applications
Image Restoration
Scanning Systems
Photogrammetry
Image Quality Assessment . Sensitometry
Silver and Non-Silver . Holography
Photographic Science
During the past decade extensive research and development
has provided the scientific community with a heretofore unavail-
able variety of techniques and devices. The application of these
techniques to recording, processing, reducing, analyzing and
interpreting photographic information offers a broad range of
opportunities to expand the effectiveness of many operational
systems.
The area of reconnaissance and surveillance presents a
multitude of problems which require the most advanced technolo-
gical considerations, e.g., image restoration due to unstable
atmospheric conditions, defocusing, vibration and multiple expo-
sure; image rectification due to change of scale and format
peculiarities; inter-relationship of multi-sensor outputs; image
enhancement; image quality assessment and associated resolution
target design; data extraction in terms of both pattern recognition
and mensuration; photogrammetric evaluation; photo-sensitive detec-
tors and reproduction materials; and high quality optical systems,
among others.
It is important to remember, as we apply the various techniques
available, that the concentrated effort must not be directed toward
technical progress for its own sake, but toward accomplishing the
task at hand, viz. detect, store and extract both more and more
reliable information from the various detection systems available.
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DESIGN AND. ENGINEERING
Prototype Development
? Photo-optical Detectors and Systems
Optical, mechanical and Electronic Photo
Interpretation Devices
The motivation behind most research and development is
to provide an end item - a piece of hardware which is capable
of providing either an improved result, or one which was pre-
viously unavailable. Good design and engineering allow for a
smooth interfacing of new devices with other components of the
system.
Introduction of many of the new techniques previously des-
cribed require original and unique design concepts before they
are amenable to operational utilization. It is important that
the end use of the technique under consideration be established
early and provide the criteria upon which operational implementa-
tion is based.
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION THEORY
Digital Filtration
? Digital Spectral Analysis
Optimum Stimulus Analysis
Applications of Sampling Theory
N-Dimensional Frequency Analysis
Analytical and Statistical Methods
Autocorrelation/Crosscorrelation Analysis
The uses of information and communication theory have
expanded from the electrical field into a wide variety of
applications. In particular, the use of these techniques in
the graphic field wherein two-dimensional functions are typical,
is a fairly recent innovation. In addition, new methods of
digital analysis involving high speed algorithms have developed
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in the last few years. By means of these techniques, analyti-
cally exact treatment of data can produce high confidence, clearly
defined estimates of spectral properties. Careful applications
of sampling principles and subsequent digital filtration can, in
fact, produce a wide variety of outputs useful for different purposes.
A further recent development in two-dimensional system analysis
involves the production of stimuli for the assessment of the impul-
sive response of such systems. Careful consideration of physical
principles and noise properties of the recording medium results in
stimuli for the assessment of the impulse response of such systems.
careful consideration of physical principles and noise properties of
the recording medium results in stimuli and data analysis steps which
produce system transfer functions having optimally reduced error.
PERSPECTIVE
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tionally oriented solutions. The optimization of existing concepts,
equipment and facilities will receive equal consideration with the
investigation and introduction of new developments and devices.
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