Imagery Exploitation System/Balanced Technology Initiative

Abstract

The imagery Exploitation System/Balanced Technology Initiative (IES/BTI) is a first phase near-real time image exploitation system to support Army Corps intelligence and electronic warfare (IEW) situation development, target development and target acquisition. IES/BTI exploits synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and infrared (IR) imagery and annotates the presence and type (artillery, armor, etc) of military units (company size and above). IES/BTI employs a hierarchical reasoning paradigm, using Bayesian inference for hypotheses management and belief propagation to solve the complex force/terrain/military situation and formation. Evidence gathering actions evaluate the closeness of data supporting the hypotheses to the force models using statistical metrics and/or expert system rules. IES/BTI has processed data from two military and IES/BTI has learned lessons concerning which methods have worked well and which ideas haven't met expectations. These lessons learned are presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 12, 1992
Accession Number
ADA254233

Entities

People

  • Frederick H. Esch

Organizations

  • Army Geospatial Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bayesian Inference
  • Bayesian Networks
  • Databases
  • Deployment
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Engineering
  • False Alarms
  • Images
  • Information Science
  • Lessons Learned
  • Reasoning
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics
  • Information Retrieval

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
  • Microelectronics