Decision Aids and Wargaming for Information Operations
Abstract
Information operations are an essential component of our current and future warfighting strategy as outlined in the latest National Military Strategy and Joint Vision 2010. Simulations such as WARSIM 200 are an important enabler that will permit us to train for and execute this strategy. However, information operations are not included in any current simulation nor are they addressed in any automated decision aids supporting these simulations. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency developed a constraint based decision aid to support Course of Action Analysis (COAA) for simulation support at the School of Advanced Military Studies. This decision aid can be extended to represent information operations courses of action. This SRP recommends changes to the decision aid to support the Electronic Warfare (EW) component of Information Operations. It also describes example constraints that can be used to represent the EW component of a division attack scenario. Finally, it recommends a strategy for adding information operations components to joint and army warfighting simulations and for extending the COAA program to address campaign level planning.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 07, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA363158
Entities
People
- Charles R. Ball
Organizations
- United States Army War College