JFACC - AC2C Experiment Plan and Definition

Abstract

This research documents a theory that models Command and Control (C2) as control systems. This work designed, implemented and tested algorithms in the continuous domain to search for and attack targets, and to find and escort damaged friendly aircraft back to base. The research resulted in tools for building and testing controllers, and a test-bed for measuring the performance of control systems performing C2 under simulated battlefield conditions. Experiments were planned around the design and evaluation of discrete event control hierarchies of one, two and three layers. Within each set, experiments measured the performance as a function of the experimental variables in the battlefield simulator. The results provide evidence that C2 policies can be implemented as control systems and that hierarchical control systems can shield commanders from information overload.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA408554

Entities

People

  • Shashi Phoha

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Closed Loop Systems
  • Command And Control
  • Control Systems
  • Detectors
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Formal Languages
  • Hierarchies
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Random Variables
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Test Beds
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • 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