Polaris Consulting Ltd specializes in technical consultancy and has developed a machine learning tool called the Dominance-Based Rough Set Approach (DRSA) to enhance intelligence analysis processing. The tool has successfully demonstrated its capabilities using signals intelligence data and has garnered interest from the MOD user community. Next steps include enhancing the DRSA tool for complex data and seeking collaboration for maturation and integration with existing software.

1. Marketplace 2016
Tom Baldwin
Polaris Consulting Ltd

2. Polaris Consulting Ltd
• technical consultancy
• research and analysis
• decision support
• costs engineering
• project support services
• SME – 25 employees
• Waterlooville and Bristol
offices

3. Enhancing intelligence analysis processing using
a Dominance-based Rough Set Approach (DRSA)
• machine learning tool
• captures analyst behaviour
• automates intelligence
processing and enhances
situational awareness

4. Success to date
• successful demo at
Technology Readiness Level
(TRL) 3 – Signals
Intelligence (SIGINT) data
• DRSA tool enhanced analyst
processing
• interest from MOD user
community
Time

5. What next?
• enhance DRSA tool
• complex data, semantics, time, multiple
users, post-processing
• SIGINT and other domains
• analyst training
• signature recognition
• communication networks

6. We’re looking for…
• collaboration to mature tool and integrate
with existing intelligence analysis software
• opportunities to test tool in new domains