Controlling Experiments Using Mathematical Sequences

Abstract

This report explores the use of mathematical sequences to control the experiments used in the US Army Research Laboratory's exploration of the impact of packet loss on network intrusion detection and Kelly criterion-based lossy network compression. Herein, we describe initial attempts to control these experiments and review the problems associated with these attempts. The solution we propose is a tool suitable for use in Bourne-Again Shell scripts that will generate mathematical sequences. We then outline the requirements of this tool, discuss the approach for building this tool, and examine the results. We conclude by demonstrating the use and utility of the tool, and explore its superiority over previous methods.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1056058

Entities

People

  • Robert Ii J. Hammell
  • Sidney C. Smith

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Case Studies
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Data Sets
  • Detection
  • Estimators
  • Information Science
  • Intrusion Detection
  • Military Research
  • Operating Systems
  • Packet Loss
  • Shell Scripts
  • Software Development
  • Software Testing

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Theoretical Analysis.