KDS is not a product. It is not a tool you download, configure, or run. It is a proprietary, founder-operated modernization capability built on a deterministic analysis engine that has no peer, no competitor, and no equivalent in industry. KDS exists for one purpose: to restore truth, structure, and engineering certainty to legacy systems that were never supposed to fail.
For decades, organizations have been forced to choose between two bad options: manual reverse engineering or probabilistic AI inference. Both introduce ambiguity, risk, and drift. KDS eliminates all three. It reconstructs system knowledge directly from the binary with forensic precision, producing certification-grade engineering documentation that is complete, auditable, and traceable.
This repository is not a software distribution. It is the public-facing doctrine of a capability that operates privately, securely, and exclusively under the direction of its founder.
KDS is a deterministic reconstruction service for aerospace, medical, defense, industrial, and safety-critical domains. It transforms raw assembly into:
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System Requirements Specifications (SRS)
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Software Design Documents (SDD)
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Data Flow Diagrams (DFDs)
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Memory maps and interface definitions
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Traceability matrices
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Verification and validation artifacts
Every output is derived directly from Assembly. No inference. No guessing. No hallucination. No tribal knowledge required.
KDS does not approximate behavior. It derives it.
Every artifact is traceable back to the exact instruction sequence that produced it.
Outputs align with aerospace, medical, and defense engineering standards.
KDS restores systems even when documentation is missing, outdated, or contradictory.
The system is not a commodity tool. It is a capability executed with the discipline, rigor, and engineering philosophy of its creator.
One representative reconstruction, publicly referenceable in this repository, illustrates the scale KDS operates at:
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Source: 4,969,515 lines of ARM64 assembly (~5 million LOC)
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Entities extracted: 112,480
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Hierarchy depth: 3,553 levels
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System complexity: 4,852 total (average node complexity 3.12 across 1,006 top-level entities; max node complexity 30)
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Output: a 3,883-page Data Flow Diagram, fully cross-referenced page to page, published in
3880 Page DFD ARM64 ASM/
Every entity and every relationship in this diagram traces back to a specific instruction sequence in the source binary. No inference. No sampling. No reconstruction shortcuts.
Note: GitHub's own folder browser truncates directory listings above roughly 1,000 files, so not all 3,883 pages will appear when browsing that folder directly on GitHub. Every file is present in the repository regardless -- clone the repository, or link to a specific page directly (e.g. .../3880%20Page%20DFD%20ARM64%20ASM/Page_1500.pdf), to reach any page not shown in the truncated listing.
Update, 2026-09-21: this full 3,883-page model was diagnosed, corrected, and republished in under a single day, and now resolves every call the source binary makes into its own compiler/runtime library (Qt) as a named entity in the model, not an opaque external reference. See the folder's own README for what changed and why it matters -- deterministic reconstruction at this scale, iterated same-day, is not a pace legacy-system modernization has run at before.
This repository contains the conceptual, philosophical, and methodological foundation of KDS:
Founder_Manifesto.md – The doctrine and worldview behind deterministic engineering.
Capabilities_Statement.md – A formal articulation of what KDS delivers.
Methodology.md – The high-level process that governs deterministic reconstruction.
CFP_Abstract.md – The conference-ready abstract introducing the KDS paradigm.
examples/ – Fictional but representative artifacts demonstrating output structure.
LICENSE.md – A proprietary license protecting all intellectual property.
These documents exist to inform, not to enable replication.
KDS is offered as a confidential, high-assurance modernization service. Engagements typically include:
1. Binary intake and scoping
2. Deterministic reconstruction of system behavior
3. Generation of engineering documentation
4. Traceability and verification mapping
5. Delivery of a complete, auditable engineering package
All work is performed directly by the founder.
KDS serves organizations responsible for systems where failure is not an option:
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Aerospace and avionics
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Medical devices
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Defense and national security systems
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Industrial control systems
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Critical infrastructure
If your system is undocumented, partially documented, or too risky to modify, KDS restores the engineering truth required to move forward.
All content in this repository is proprietary and protected. No rights are granted to copy, modify, distribute, or derive from any material herein. See LICENSE.md for full terms.
KDS is a sovereign, deterministic modernization capability. This repository is its public doctrine—not its implementation.
To discuss an engagement, request a private briefing, or talk about modernization, reverse engineering, or safety-critical systems, reach out through your preferred secure channel. KDS operates globally and supports classified and unclassified environments.
Steve Whiseant Knowledge Discovery Systems