Integrating research into operational practice.

Transitioning brain research – From the laboratory to the fi eld

While brain research shows great potential for advancing critical national security interests, the products of the laboratory cannot be realized in operational practice without the polishing and maturing demanded by federal science and technology (S&T) acquisition processes, particularly those of the Department of Defense. Although many acquisition planning functions are relatively conventional...

Multi-attribute online reverse auctions: Recent research trends

This paper provides an updated overview of the rapidly developing research field of multi-attribute online reverse auctions. Our focus is on academic research, although we briefly comment on the state-of-the-art in practice. The role that Operational Research plays in such auctions is highlighted. We review decisionand game-theoretic research, experimental studies, information disclosure polici...

Building Capacity for Behavioral Health Services and Clinical Research in a Rural Primary Care Clinic: A Case Study

Integrating sustainable, evidence-based, and collaborative depression screening and follow-up treatment into primary care clinics is a significant challenge in health care. In this article a case study approach is used to describe the process of building capacity for a depression screening program in a rural federally qualified health center (FQHC). A conceptual framework addressing the clinica...

The effects of integrating management judgement into OUT levels: In or out of context?

Analysis of integrating Computer-Aided Dispatch information with the Multi-Agency Situational Awareness System

In April 2013, Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) Centre for Security Science (CSS) initiated a project with the City of Kelowna to determine the feasibility of integrating local situational awareness from a Computer Aided Dispatch system into the national Multi-Agency Situational Awareness System (MASAS). MASAS enables a system-of-systems collection of interoperable systems [1] [2]...