SBIR Phase I: A Law Enforcement Analytical Tool for Visualizing Complex Relationships

这一小型企业创新研究第一阶段将开发一种商业应用程序的研究，该应用程序允许执法部门或情报分析师可视化合并数据库中对象之间的复杂关系。该软件将在大型数据存储上运行，这些存储会自动刷新以保持当前版本。执行此功能的现有工具以文本或数字格式显示用户查询的结果。某些人类固有的认知过程在将原始数据转化为可操作的信息和知识方面存在困难。这一可视化程序将使分析人员能够发现以前隐藏的罪犯、组织、地点、武器和车辆之间的联系和关系，而这些联系和关系可能不是通过简单地检查原始数据就能轻易发现的。凤凰城和图森警察局已同意成为这一努力的发展伙伴。对工作中的调查人员和分析师的采访和观察将构成研究结果的基础。这将是一份全面的软件需求说明书。对易于使用的分析软件的需求很大，这种软件可以消除分析师的技术和数据输入负担。这类软件可以帮助执法和国土防务机构比目前更有效、更少、更快地执行任务。这种软件产品的商业应用适用于所有从事刑事调查的联邦、州和地方执法机构，以及所有情报收集机构。

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I will develop research of a commercial application that permits law enforcement or intelligence analysts to visualize complex relationships among objects in a consolidated database. This software will operate on large data stores that automatically refresh to maintain currency. Existing tools that perform this function display the results of user queries in textual or numeric formats. Certain inherent human cognitive processes interpose difficulties in converting the raw data to actionable information and knowledge. This visualization program will give analysts the ability to discover previously hidden linkages and relationships among criminals, organizations, locations, weapons, and vehicles that may not be readily apparent by simply examining raw data. The Phoenix and Tucson police departments have agreed to be development partners in this effort. Interviews and observations of investigators and analysts at work will form the basis for the research outcome. This will be a comprehensive software requirements statement. There is substantial demand for easy-to-use analytical software that removes technical and data entry burdens from analysts. Software of this type can assist law enforcement and homeland defense agencies in carrying out their tasks more effectively, at less expense and more quickly than is currently possible.The commercial application of such a software product is all law enforcement agencies at the federal, state and local level that engage in criminal investigations, and all intelligence gathering agencies.