SBIR Phase I Proposal
SBIR Phase I Proposal Project Title: Predictive Ecological Modeling for Zoonotic Risk and Space Force Operational Safety Company / Principal Investigator: P. Barnacle, M.D., Ph.D. / Manley Engineering Corp Duration: 6–12 months Funding Requested: $200,000 1. Objective / Goal The goal of Phase I is to develop a computational lattice-based predator-prey model that predicts zoonotic disease risk and informs Space Force operational planning. The system will integrate: Stochastic wildlife behaviors using chaotic quantization (May, 1976; Hastings & Powell, 1991) Population stabilization with thermal dynamic annealing Environmental variability using fractal cyclic forcing (Levin, 1992; Tilman & Kareiva, 1997) Human intervention impacts, including hunting, domestication, and habitat modification (Ripple et al., 2014; Ostfeld & Keesing, 2012) The output will be a proof-of-concept simulation platform with actionable guidance for personnel deployment, field exercises,...