Welcome to
Polyad Decision Sciences LLC
Solutions for Automated Planning, Coordination, and Decision Intelligence
We build systems for decision-support that help organizations allocate resources, coordinate teams, and adapt plans as conditions change.
Founded by Dr. Chris Garcia after work at the University of Mary Washington, Polyad now serves customers solving planning problems.
Recent work & News
Helping Spotsylvania County Win $57M in Transportation Funding
We built an AI-powered selection tool that helped Spotsylvania win all $57M in requested transportation funding and save $22.3M in local funding.
NATO Crisis Intelligence Platform
We helped NATO turn noisy social data into verified crisis intelligence, enabling faster coordination of personnel and supplies during humanitarian crises.
Workforce And Contract Management
Turn your current plan into decision-ready alternatives in minutes. Test staffing, pricing, timing, scope, and constraints side by side without disrupting the live plan or replacing the tools your team already trusts.
AELAO
Our latest optimization platform turns complex operational constraints into actionable schedules. With configurable solvers and agents that re-evaluate constraints as conditions change, AELAO helps teams allocate people, assets, and time across mission logistics, wildfire response, and beyond.
Featured Research & Papers
Supporting Humanitarian Crisis Decision Making with Reliable Intelligence Derived from Social Media Using AI
A NATO collaboration using AI to turn social media text and images into trusted, real-time crisis intelligence.
Exploring the Impact of Social Network Density and Agent Openness on Societal Polarization
An agent-based model finds that sparser networks increase polarization, while lower openness to differing views reduces consensus.
Dynamic resource allocation and coordination for high-load crisis volunteer management
A crisis-planning approach that jointly assigns volunteers and other resources under high-load, fast-changing disaster conditions.
Note from the team!
At the end of the day, we (Chris and Rob) enjoy working on challenging problems. We wake up everyday looking to get something done. We invest our love and energy into every project to get you the results you're looking for.
- Chris, Founder/President & Rob, Lead Software Engineer
Contact Us
Our team is here to discuss your challenges and explore how we can build exactly what you need.
Fredericksburg, VA 22401