Decisive Analytics Corporation
Encyclopedia
Decisive Analytics Corporation is an employee-owned engineering company headquartered in Arlington, Virginia with offices in Huntsville, Alabama
, Jeffersonville, Indiana
, and Colorado Springs, Colorado
. Clients include United States Intelligence Community
, Missile Defense Agency
, United States Department of Defense
and commercial customers.
, the Risk Management Guide for DoD Acquisition, and the
Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability Guide .
It developed of the Acquisition Logistics Reporting and Monitoring System
Huntsville, Alabama
Huntsville is a city located primarily in Madison County in the central part of the far northern region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Huntsville is the county seat of Madison County. The city extends west into neighboring Limestone County. Huntsville's population was 180,105 as of the 2010 Census....
, Jeffersonville, Indiana
Jeffersonville, Indiana
Jeffersonville is a city in Clark County, Indiana, along the Ohio River. Locally, the city is often referred to by the abbreviated name Jeff. It is directly across the Ohio River to the north of Louisville, Kentucky along I-65. The population was 44,953 at the 2010 census...
, and Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Colorado Springs is located in South-Central Colorado, in the southern portion of the state. It is situated on Fountain Creek and is located south of the Colorado...
. Clients include United States Intelligence Community
United States Intelligence Community
The United States Intelligence Community is a cooperative federation of 16 separate United States government agencies that work separately and together to conduct intelligence activities considered necessary for the conduct of foreign relations and the protection of the national security of the...
, Missile Defense Agency
Missile Defense Agency
The Missile Defense Agency is the section of the United States government's Department of Defense responsible for developing a layered defense against ballistic missiles. The agency has its origins in the Strategic Defense Initiative, which was established in 1983 and was headed by Lt...
, United States Department of Defense
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
and commercial customers.
Products and Services
DECISIVE ANALYTICS provides analytical products and services to government agencies and commercial clients. Capabilities include: Intelligent Decision Support Systems, Video Asset Management, Systems Analysis, Acquisition Support, Strategic and Operational User Support, International Support and System Security Engineering.Contour
Launched in 2010, Contour (http://contour.dac.us) is a web-based application which identifies critical facts from data repositories. Contour is made up of three components:- BOBCAT is an analytical tool that provides guided prediction through large amounts of unstructured text. It has been featured at the United States Joint Forces CommandUnited States Joint Forces CommandUnited States Joint Forces Command was a former Unified Combatant Command of the United States Armed Forces. USJFCOM was a functional command that provided specific services to the military. The last commander was Army Gen. Raymond T. Odierno...
Empire Challenge. - PANTHER turns structured and unstructured data into predicted future events, relationships, and/or entities of interests.
- MAINSHIP is an enterprise-class Media Asset Management (MAM) system. It collects and monitors open-source information, such as television broadcasts, print articles and radio programs. Mainship used by thousands of authorized users through the 'OSC.gov' network and has ingested in excess of 400 terabytes of data.
Systems Engineering
DECISVE ANALYTICS Corporation authored the SE chapter of Defense Acquisition GuideDefense Acquisition Guide
The Defense Acquisition Guidebook is a text developed to aid in the understanding and implementation of United States Department of Defense Acquisition practices under the DoD Directive 5000 series...
, the Risk Management Guide for DoD Acquisition, and the
Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability Guide .
It developed of the Acquisition Logistics Reporting and Monitoring System
Published Works, Conference Papers, and Patents
- C W Misner, J van Meter, D Fiske. Numerical relativity beyond I+. Gravitation and astrophysics: On the occasion of the 90th year of general relativity: Proceedings of the VII Asia-Pacific International Conference : National Central University, Taiwan, 23-26 November 2005.
- D Fiske. Error and symmetry analysis of Misner's algorithm for spherical harmonic decomposition on a cubic grid. Classical and Quantum Gravity 23 (2006)
- C Misner, J van Meter, D Fiske. Excising das All: Evolving Maxwell waves beyon scri. Physical Review D 74, 064003 (2006)
- D Fiske, E Schnetter, M Tiglio. Parca: A Paramesh-based driver for Cactus. American Physical Society April Meeting. April 2007
- D Pederson, D Fanjoy. Solving the weapon target assignment problem with multi-hypothesis maximum marginal return. Military Operations Research Society Symposium. June 2007
- D Fanjoy, D Pederson. Solving variations of the assignment problem with a genetic algorithm. Military Operations Research Society Symposium. June 2007
- C Kittner. The Role of Safe Havens in Islamist Terrorism. 2007. Terrorism and Political Violence. 19(3):307-329
- D Pederson. Ensuring schedulability in the weapon target assignment problem. Military Research Society Symposium. June 2008
- A David, D Fiske. A Framework for Integrated Tracking and Discrimination. Army Science Conference, December 2008
- D Pederson. Ensuring Schedulability in the Weapon Target Assignment Problem. 76th MORS Symposium, WG-4, Air and Missile Defense. June 2008
- J Bradley, J Thompson. Predictive analysis network tool for human knowledge elicitation and reasoning. 10th International Conference on Information Fusion, 2007.
- K Hoffman, D Menon. A Practical Combinatorial Clock Exchange for Spectrum Licenses. DECISION ANALYSIS, March 2010; 7(1); 58-77
- M. Durbin and K. Hoffman. OR PRACTICE—The Dance of the Thirty-Ton Trucks: Dispatching and Scheduling in a Dynamic Environment. Operations Research, January 1, 2008; 56(1): 3 - 19.
- R Peaslee, J Mahaffey. Method and Apparatus for Streamlined Wireless Data Transfer. Patent Pending. Application 20090201380.
- D. Przebowski. Design Maturity Model. STSC CrossTalk. June 1999
Awards
- Washingtonian Magazine Great Places to Work (2009 and 2007)
- Washington Business Journal Best Places to Work (2011 and 2009)
- National Tibbetts AwardTibbetts AwardAffectionately referred to as the "Tibbie", these national awards are made annually to those small firms, projects, organizations and individuals judged to exemplify the very best in SBIR achievement....
SBIR Program Success (2007) - Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards: Small Contractor of the Year Nominee (2005)
- Arlington County Chamber of Commerce Tech-e Corporate Citizen of the Year (2005)
- Virginia Chamber of Commerce Fantastic 50 (2006)
- Inc. (magazine)Inc. (magazine)Inc. magazine, founded in 1979 and based in New York City, is a monthly publication focused on growing companies. The magazine publishes an annual list of the 500 fastest-growing private companies in the U.S., the "Inc...
5000 List (2009 and 2005) - Deloitte Technology Fast 50: Virginia (2007, 2006, 2005, and 2004)
- Deloitte Fast 500Deloitte Fast 500The Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Awards are run and moderated by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited. They recognize the 500 fastest-growing technology companies in regions around the world...
(2006, 2005, and 2004) - CRN MagazineCRN MagazineCRN was first launched as Computer Retail Week on June 7, 1982 as a magazine targeted to computer resellers - the same year that UK channel publication MicroScope Magazine was launched...
VAR 500 List (2010, 2009 and 2008)