Alyssa I. Agard
Projects
This page showcases quantitative and geospatial policy research across defense policy, political economy, and governance. Built with Python, R, SQL, and ArcGIS, each project is fully reproducible, with code and documentation hosted on GitHub.It also features software and application development by Alyssa I. Agard through Agard Research Associates Inc., a registered Microsoft Partner and Developer. These projects include tools, applications, and infrastructure solutions developed to support research operations and nonprofit administration.
In development:
Toolkits, Add-ins, & Applications
Cachet.
A cross-platform email signature management add-in for Microsoft Outlook and Gmail that gives administrators centralized control over branded signatures across their organization. Admins can build and assign signatures to users through three flexible authoring modes: a streamlined field-based form for quick setup, a familiar visual editor modeled on Outlook's native signature interface, and a raw HTML editor for full design control similar to Exchange transport rules. Each signature supports configurable fields including name, title, contact details, social links rendered as icons or text, uploaded logos with adjustable sizing, and written or linked legal disclaimers, all reorderable through a drag-and-drop layout. Users receive their assigned signatures automatically while retaining the option to fill in only the fields relevant to their role.
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Completed
Toolkits, Add-ins, & Applications
Layout Toolkits:
layout-toolkit-V1
layout-toolkit-V2
layout-toolkit-gdocs
A Microsoft Word add-in built with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS on the Office.js API, bundled with Webpack and deployed as a static site. Layout Toolkit provides six document templates, saveable brand profiles, page layout controls including columns and margins, and visual folding guides for print production. It runs on Word for desktop, Mac, and the web with a single codebase, using try/catch guards to handle platform-specific API differences. Free and open-source under the MIT License.
Simulations & Wargames
Wargame (Web + Local):
ATLAS Wargame
ATLAS is a browser-based crisis wargaming platform modeled on the NSC simulation methodology used at the National Defense University, Naval War College, and RAND. Users navigate multi-turn crisis scenarios through the DIME framework, composing policy actions across all four instruments of national power while an algorithmic White Cell adjudicates outcomes, a Red Cell generates adversary responses, and an eight-level escalation ladder tracks the trajectory toward or away from conflict. The platform ships with two pre-built scenarios (Taiwan Strait and NATO Baltic flank), a custom scenario builder, randomized injects, force disposition tracking, and a comprehensive After Action Review. Fully standalone with no external dependencies, built in React, and deployed as a static site.View Simulation
Instructions
Simulation (Web):
Degraded Constellation
This interactive simulation models the effects of PLA antisatellite operations on U.S. missile warning coverage during a Taiwan Strait contingency. Users strike individual SBIRS and OPIR satellites to observe how constellation degradation simultaneously erodes conventional theater awareness and nuclear early warning, generating the escalation ambiguity that Acton's damage-limitation framework identifies as most dangerous.View Simulation
Instructions
Simulation (Web + Local):
"The Coordination Tax"
The Coordination Tax is a browser-based interactive simulation modeling field artillery engagement effectiveness across four reference platforms (M777A2, M109A7 Paladin, M142 HIMARS, 2S33 Msta-SM2) through a dimensionless framework composing Amdahl's Law with exponential target perishability decay. Built in Python with a Streamlit version and a static HTML build that runs entirely client-side, the tool features platform-specific weapon behavior, twenty-two academic citations, seven empirical scenario presets drawn from RUSI commentary on the Russo-Ukrainian War, and live-updating visualizations including a tactical engagement diorama, phase-decomposition timeline, and perishability decay curve. It serves as a supplementary analytical tool to a working paper of the same name currently under development, intended for academic press submission.View Simulation
Instructions