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Record Nr.

UNINA9910966807403321

Titolo

Review of testing and evaluation methodology for biological point detectors : abbreviated summary / / Committee on the Review of Testing and Evaluation Methodology for Biological Point Detectors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : National Academies Press, c2005

ISBN

9786612084058

9780309182065

0309182069

9781282084056

1282084054

9780309531191

0309531195

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (38 p.)

Disciplina

363.35

Soggetti

Toxicology

Environmental sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Overview and High-Level Recommendations""; ""3 Evaluation of the WSLAT Feasibility Study""; ""4 Recommended Evaluation Strategies""; ""Appendix Statement of Work""

Sommario/riassunto

This report examines the proposed testing methodology and facility that the Department of Defense (DOD) will use to test and evaluate the effectiveness of its detection system against biological warfare agents "an issue that impacts battlefield missions as well as homeland security missions. The report assesses a proposal to construct a whole system live agent testing facility at West Center Test Center, Dugway Proving Ground in Utah for testing the Joint Biological Point Detection System (JBPDS). Because of scientific and schedule-related risks, the report recommends an alternate approach that focuses test and evaluation efforts on leveraging existing data, improving simulated biological



agents for use in testing, testing in conditions that more closely resemble the actual field conditions where the JBPDS would be deployed, and modeling for predicted performance against actual biological agents. The report concludes that an integrated testing and evaluation plan encompassing all of these factors will be needed.