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4 Recommended Evaluation Strategies
Pages 19-22

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... Thus, in addition to the evaluation of the current WSLAT proposal as described in Chapter 3, the committee has suggested alternative and complementary protocols for the evaluation of biopoint detection systems. The Statement of Work for the committee directs it to assess the WSLAT proposal's ability "to support test and evaluation of current and near-future biological point detection systems."1 The question that derives from this directive is this: "How does the WSLAT fit into the Government's total evaluation plan?
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From page 20...
... Assuming that simulants can be selected that mimic the agents of concern, the predictive capability of the system performance testing protocol increases in the following order (this list is in order of increasing confidence levels) : Level 1 Component testing with simulants Level 2 Component testing with live agents Level 3 Whole system testing with simulants alone Level 4 Whole system testing with live agents (WSLAT)
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... The committee repeats its earlier recommendation, however, that a WSLAT-like facility should be considered an end stage in a progressively more realistic test facility development and should not be viewed as sufficient in and of itself to provide detection system evaluation. SUMMARY: THE ARGUMENT FOR AN IMMEDIATE START ON WSKRAT The committee's proposed strategy offers significant advantages and risk reductions over a strategy based on the WSLAT program alone.
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