Options to Use Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Assessment of Defense Acquisition Programs
Abstract
The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition (ASD(A)) asked the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) to explore the feasibility of applying artificial intelligence (AI) and related tools to help assess defense acquisition programs. The objective of this project is identify options to streamline processes, enhance predictive power, and better and more efficiently inform senior decision makers of trends and possible outcomes. IDA engaged with acquisition staff who assess programs, identified AI activities in industry where unstructured data has been used to measure performance, and analyzed options to use AI to help assess acquisition programs. We identified several options to apply text analytics to unstructured data on major defense acquisition programs. Our study suggests that the most promising option is to use tools like sentiment analysis and topic models to prioritize useful information for acquisition staff to analyze out of a large set of information.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 02, 2020
- Accession Number
- AD1223836
Entities
People
- Brian Q. Rieksts
- Kristen M. Guerrera
Organizations
- Institute for Defense Analyses