Requirements Analysis and Architectural Design of a Web-based Integrated Weapons of Mass Destruction Toolset

摘要

In 1991 shortly after the combat portion of the Gulf War key military and government leaders identified an urgent requirement for an accurate on-site tool for analysis of chemical biological and nuclear hazards. Defense Nuclear Agency (now Defense Threat Reduction Agency DTRA) was tasked with the responsibility to develop a software tool to address the requirement. Based on extensive technical background DTRA developed the Hazard Prediction Assessment Capability (HPAC). For over a decade HPAC addressed the users requirements through on-site training exercise support and operational reachback. During this period the HPAC code was iteratively improved but the basic architecture remained constant until 2002. In 2002 when the core requirements of the users started to evolve into more net-centric applications DTRA began to investigate the potential of modifying their core capability into a new design architecture. This thesis documents the requirements analysis and architectural design of the newly prototyped architecture Integrated Weapons of Mass Destruction Toolset (IWMDT). The primary goal of the IWMDT effort is to provide accessible visible and shared data through shared information resources and templated plated assessments of CBRNE scenarios. This effort integrates a collection of computational capabilities as server components accessible through a web interface. Using the results from this thesis DTRA developed a prototype of the IWMDT software. Lessons learned from the prototype and suggestions for follow-on work are presented in the thesis.