Abstract
dc:description.abstractThe Field Information Support Tool (FIST) is a field-based collection system using commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) smartphones, customized software, and a robust information management backend known as FusionPortal with a deployable sensor fusion system known as FusionView that enables information to flow from the point of capture to an analyst in near real-time regardless of location or physical proximity. FIST is designed to operate in a variety of environments and supports a variety of mission sets such as counterinsurgency operations (COIN), counter-narcotic missions (CN), and humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HA/DR). The overarching principle of FIST is the development of a user-friendly data collection tool that utilizes automated information systems to enable unstructured data to be collected, processed, and structured for analysis and visualization in a variety of analytic packages. FusionView enables real-time integration of disparate sensor systems that provides a powerful common operating picture critical for today's decision makers. FusionPortal allows for data to be exported and analyzed using geospatial, geo-statistical, link, and social network analysis in addition to enabling the exchange of information with external databases such as the Worldwide Civil Information Database (WCID), the International Studies of Violent Groups (ISVG), and the Combined Information Data Network Exchange (CIDNE).
Degree
thesis:*- Department dc:contributor.department
- Information Sciences (IS)
- Grantor dc:publisher
- Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2010
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Longley, Carrick T.
- Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
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- Ehlert, James F.
Rights
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- This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Handle dc:identifier.uri
- https://hdl.handle.net/10945/5193
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/5193