Company Profile

Applied Operations Research Inc (AOR) analysts apply mathematical operations research (OR) techniques to problems of critical importance to Government, Military, and Industry clients. The OR question of interest is often of the form: What new technologies or employment practices will satisfy specific client-defined operational goals or objectives at minimum cost? AOR analysts make use of physical modeling, optimal resource allocation algorithms, and other OR techniques to address questions of this type within the resource, time, and risk constraints of our clients. AOR projects tend to fall into one or more of the technical support areas described below. Meteorology and Oceanography (METOC) Metrics. Naval oceanography is organized as a set of coupled levels or tiers as follows. In the “Data Collection” level, atmospheric and oceanographic observations and measurements are collected by satellites, aircraft, ships, submarines, and unmanned sensors. In the “Environmental Modeling” level, atmospheric and ocean assimilation and numerical modeling capabilities are employed to generate environmental state estimates and forecasts. In the “Performance Prediction” level, environmental predictions are input into physical models to estimate system level (e.g. radar, optical, acoustic, etc.) performance. Finally, in the “Decision Support” level, system performance predictions are input into tactical decision aid software tools in order to support key Naval operational decisions. AOR analysts work with METOC data and environmental model outputs to assess METOC scientific, engineering, and performance metrics as illustrated below. These metrics are computed using Navy Performance Prediction physics-level models and Decision Suppor