ModelQuest System Validator AbTech Corporation, Charlottesville, VA

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ModelQuest System ValidatorAbTech Corporation,
Charlottesville, VA
Innovation - ModelQuest System Validator (SV)
is an automated flight control system (FCS)
system validation product for the F-18 High Alpha
Research Vehicle (HARV). System validation is
being accomplished by computing overplots of
hundreds of simulations for insignificant and
significant anomalies with a truth model (i.e.,
comparing new cases with previously established
truth cases). Statistical network overplot
analysis models automatically identified
important differences between the truth model and
an actual or hardware-in-the-loop simulated FCS.
This is expected to substantially reduce the time
required to validate new control systems.
Accomplishments - Prototype development
completed and delivered to DFRC (funding amount
599,000). - Substantially reduces costs
associated with manual inspection of numerous
variables for each FCS simulation run -
Automates the generation of system validation and
diagnostic models based on simulations of
normal and anomalous conditions.
F-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle

• Government/Science Applications
• - The software was initially developed for
  NASA DFRC to assist system engineers in
  validating an automated research flight-control
  system (RFCS) for the F-18 HARV. MQ SV is
  applicable to flight control systems, engines,
  manufacturing processes, medical signal
  processing, and mechanical equipment
  forValidation of new and modified systems and
  simulations
• System level diagnostics (anomaly detection,
  isolation, prediction)
• Comparative signal analysis (satellite telemetry,
  financial time-series and medical diagnostics
  e.g., EKG analysis, applications.
• - The technology developing during this
  program is also being used by the NASA JSF
  (Telemetry Expert Analyst Monitor) and Air
  Force Research Laboratory (Satellite Telemetry
  Anomaly Resolution).

Commercialization - ModelQuest general data
mining tool, MarketMiner market mining tool -
Direct marketing and general data mining
markets. - MarketMiner helps businesses
acquire new customers more cost effectively,
maximize the profitability of their
customers, and gain a better understanding of
their prospects and customers. -
ModelQuest is applicable to a variety of domains
including financial analysis, diagnostics,
prognostics, and outcomes analysis -
ModelQuest and MarketMiner are currently being
sold as packaged software products. -
Software development kits available for online
and real-time analysis applications - See
www.marketminer.com
Points of Contact - NASA (Michael Earls
661-258-3676) - AbTech (Richard Kim
804-977-0686) 1993 SBIR Phase II NAS 4 50033
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Dryden Flight Research Center Date of Update
2/17/00