Application of Computer Graphics to Nuclear Safeguards and Security Analysis

The interpretation of large amounts of data is often difficult on a timely basis. Many times trends in the data are the most significant characteristics of their "behavior. This analysis problem is often present in nuclear safeguards and security systems. With the widespread use of computers in these systems the power to generate almost instantly large volumes of data has become possible. This data has the potential to give an accurate characterization of a system but it also can immerse the user in so much data that the effectiveness of the calculation and subsequent analysis is greatly decreased. The problem now arises of how to interpret quickly the almost infinite amount of data available from computer systems. Computer graphics has proven to be a very useful tool in this endeavor.