BARRON ASSOCIATES, INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: SB142-003

BARRON ASSOCIATES, INC. — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$149,856
Agency
Department of Defense · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase I
Topic
SB142-003
Solicitation
2014.2
NAICS
Place of performance
VA
Period
2014-09-22 → 2015-09-06

Description

Barron Associates proposes to develop probabilistic extensions for the model-based programming environment Simulink, developed by The MathWorks, Inc. These extensions will allow developers to model random variables, vectors, and matrices, as well as both discrete and continuous random processes as first-class objects within the Simulink language. Barron Associates will also develop extensions that developers can use to process those random quantities, including arithmetic functions, differential and integral calculus operators, and statistical decision theory/machine learning algorithms. These capabilities will be demonstrated in the context of coordinating multiple autonomous UAVs and will be commercialized in the form of a Simulink block library that will bring probabilistic programming constructs to a large and commercially active model-based development community.