Command Post of the Future
Abstract
This report addresses: (a) Description of the Cyc Battle Monitor prototype and (b) Development of the Cyc Battle Monitor concept. The development represented by the completed Cyc Battle Monitor prototype, goes beyond recognition of surface data patterns because both the richness of the Cyc ontology and its reasoning capabilities are being utilized to provide a more robust, deeper foundation for Battlespace Monitoring. In the Cyc Battlespace Monitor concept the following are addressed: (a) What kinds of information are important to commanders in what kinds of situations? (b) To what extent is the contextual importance of information a matter of preference, (c) In a real, operational context, how, and to what extent, are the relevant kinds of information obtained, estimated, guessed, or calculated, and reported? (d) To what extent is this information currently, or feasibly, available in a format which can be read and understood by computer, (e) How are situations determined and defined, with respect to the characteristics that make types of information significant or insignificant? (f) To what extent are the situation-determining characteristics potentially available and intelligible to Cyc? (g) What information should be the output of the monitoring system? In addition among the first operational lessons learned was if technologies are needed to bring the important information out from the masses of data, and if experts work by responding to patterns, then an ideal solution should work by detecting patterns and increasing the commander's ability to see them among the noise. Many of the lessons learned - and portions of the technology produced - have already found application in subsequent DARPA programs.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA419257
Entities
People
- Amanda Vizedom