Course of Action Assessment Tool (COAAT) Functional Description

Abstract

This report documents the software functions of the Course of Action Assessment Tool (COAAT). COAAT is a computerized aid for assisting tactical operations officers in the assessment of various courses of action (COA). COAAT assists the analyst in organizing critical events (CE) according to his chosen method for analyzing the battlefield, analyzing the detailed actions of each COA. and in summarizing and comparing the results so the preferred COA may be identified. COAAT was conceived and developed as a prototype for a field operating system. It is configured for operation in the laboratory environment of EDDIC (Experimental Development, Demonstration, and Integration Center) at the Army Research Institute Field Unit, Fort Leavenworth, KS. COAAT is written in Lisp and is operational on Symbolics 3675s and 3640s in the EDDIC facility. Although the current version of COAAT is not an artificial intelligence (AI) application, exercises using COAAT may reveal opportunities for the applications of AI techniques. Command and control, Course of action, Decision support, Tactical operations planning, Course of action analysis, Course of action comparison.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA220435

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  • C. G. Ross

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  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control