Ontological Approach to Military Knowledge Modeling and Management
Abstract
Ontologies have received increasing interest in the computer science community and their benefits are now recognized for military applications. In addition to explicitly encoding a shared understanding of some domain, ontologies can be used in a wide range of applications, including natural language processing, intelligent search engines, information retrieval, or as a means to facilitate interoperability between heterogeneous knowledge sources at a high level of abstraction. The objective of this research is to contribute to the building of ontological models in the information fusion domain, and to exploit these models to provide enhanced knowledge management assistance to military commanders. The authors first review the roles of ontologies for military applications. Then they describe the characteristics of high-level information fusion processes and address methodological aspects related to ontological engineering. This leads them to derive an ontological approach to situation and threat assessment domain modeling. Finally, they present ontology-based knowledge management services that could be exploited in support of high-level information fusion processes. Twenty-one briefing charts summarize the presentation. (4 figures, 17 refs.)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA428710
Entities
People
- Anne-claire Boury-brisset
Organizations
- DRDC Valcartier