An Approach to Replicated Databases for Robust Command and Control

Abstract

This report presents an approach to making future command and control data more timely and robust through the use of replicated distributed data management techniques. The types of command and control data that we address in this report include "situational awareness" data needed by Army tactical commanders from platoon through corps, including mission plan and progress, represented as machine-processable operation orders (OPORDs), enemy situation, and friendly situation and status. The concepts presented here were developed in answer to common objectives in two projects, a Distributed Databases project for the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the Department of Defense (DoD), and a project addressing the Management of Information for Joint and Combined Operations for the Army Office of the Director of Information Systems for Command, Control, Communications, and Computers (ODISC4). The report should be of interest to C2 operators and technologists concerned with digitization of the battlefield, tactical command and control, replicated distributed databases, and handling of asynchronous data on the battlefield.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA317201

Entities

People

  • Iris Kameny

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Command Control Communications And Computer Systems
  • Commerce
  • Communication Channels
  • Control Systems
  • Database Management Systems
  • Databases
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Digital Communications
  • Electronic Mail
  • Information Systems
  • Knowledge Management
  • Local Area Networks
  • Military Science
  • Position (Location)
  • Situational Awareness

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control