Track 5: C2 Decision Aids Assessment Tools and Metrics

Track Co-Chairs:
Dr. Eloi Bosse
Dr. Ahmed Ghanmi

Half a Decade of Operational Research for Developing New Command Support Capabilities in the Canadian Army
Fred Cameron, LFDTS
Roger L. Roy, LFDTS
LCol Rick Bowes, LFDTS
Maj Bruce Chapman, LFDTS

Land Use Mapping with Evidential Fusion of Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar and Hyperspectral Imagery
Alexandre Jouan, Lockheed Martin Canada
Yannick Allard, Lockheed Martin Canada
Steve Allen, Centre de Recherches Mathematiques

Attitudes for Achieving User Acceptance Explaining, Arguing, Critiquing
Hengameh Irandoust, Defence Research and Development Canada - Valcartier (DRDC-Valcartier)

Sensor Management in Command & Control
Abder Benaskeur, Decision Support Systems Section, DRDC-Valcartier

A Memetic Algorithm for the Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows
Jean Berger, Defence Research and Development Canada - Valcartier
Mohamed Barkaoui, Defence Research and Development Canada - Valcartier

A Conceptual Approach for Military Data Fusion
Luc Pigeon, Defence R&D Canada - Valcartier

A Method to Optimize Ship Maneuvers for the Coordination of Hardkill and Softkill Weapons within a Frigate
Dale E. Blodgett, Lockheed Martin Canada
Brahim Chaib-draa, Pierrick Plamondon, Université Laval
Peter Kropf, Université de Montréal
Eloi Bossé, Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) - Valcartier

The Impact of Treating Tracks as Contacts in Kinematic Data Fusion
D. J. Peters, Defence R&D Canada - Atlantic

Scenario-Based Assessment of Sensors for the Canadian Recognized Maritime Picture
Steve Doré, Defence R&D Canada - Operations Research Division
Chris Helleur, Defence R&D Canada -Ottawa
C.W. Van Fong, Defence R&D Canada - Operations Research Division

An Automated Approach to Passive Sonar Track Segment Association
Dr. Garfield R. Mellema, Defence R&D Canada - Atlantic

Coastal Activity Monitoring with Evidential Fusion of Contextual Attributes from Multi-Pass RadarSAT-1 Data
Alexandre Jouan, Lockheed Martin Canada
Yannick Allard, Lockheed Martin Canada
Yves Marcoz, Universite de Montreal

AFRL/IF Technology Transition to the Warfighter via the CAOC-X
Dr. Paul W. Phister, Jr., Air Force Research Laboratory
Scott Patrick, Air Force Research Laboratory
Todd Humiston, Air Force Research Laboratory
Igor G. Plonisch, Air Force Research Laboratory

A Mathematical Theory of Identification for Information Fusion
Tod M. Schuck, Lockheed Martin Naval Electronic and Surveillance Systems - Surface

Systems Enhancing Tactical Situation Awareness
Keith Mason, Defence Science and Technology Organisation

Chebyshev Polynomials for Calculating the Mean Line of Advance of a Manoeuvring Air Target
Robert L. Carling, Defence R&D Canada - Valcartier

Multi-sensor Information Fusion Technology Applied to the Development of Smart Aircraft
Dr. Buddy H. Jeun, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
Honorary Professor Allan Whittaker, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

Joint Essential Tasks and a Framework for Evaluation
Gina Kingston, DSTO Fern Hill Kevin Johns, DSTO Pyrmont

Centripetal Acceleration Statistic for Tracking Maneuvering Targets with Radar
David Bizup, University of Virginia

A Distributed Parallel Processing System for Command and Control Imagery
Dr. Scott E. Spetka, ITT Industries Advanced Engineering and Sciences SUNY Institute of Technology
Dr. George O. Ramseyer, Air Force Research Laboratory
Dennis Fitzgerald, ITT Industries Advanced Engineering and Sciences
Dr. Richard E. Linderman, Air Force Research Laboratory

Benefits Analysis - A Multi-purpose Assessment Approach
Graham L Mathieson, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

Towards a Theory of Measures of Effectiveness
John M. Green, Naval Postgraduate School
Bonnie W. Johnson, SAIC

Lessons Learned from War Room Designs and Implementations
Victor J. Richardson, Evidence Based Research, Inc.
Steven M. Shaker, Evidence Based Research, Inc.

Measurement Of Situation Awareness In A C4ISR Experiment
Han Tin French, Defence Science & Technology Organisation
Amanda Hutchinson, Defence Science & Technology Organisation

Analysis of Metrics Utilized in U.S. Joint Experimentation of Future C2 Concepts
RADM Gary Wheatley USN (Ret.), Evidence Based Research, Inc.