Facilitating Subject Matter Expert (SME)-Built Knowledge Bases (KBS)

Abstract

This report addresses the functional performance task of classifying terrain according to its degree of (un)suitability for the performance of a given activity (e.g.,locomoting, shooting) by a given military unit/vehicle, under given tactical conditions (e.g., proximity/location/type of enemy forces, susceptibility to enemy intelligence collection assets, weather). Such a terrain modeling/reasoning capability serves as foundational infrastructure for battlespace reasoning applications including information fusion, planning, and simulation applications. The goal of this work was to exploit the Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KR&R) tools in a synergistic architecture with logical reasoning capabilities, and develop a proof of concept prototype terrain suitability knowledge base.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA429399

Entities

People

  • Edward J. Wright

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Bayesian Networks
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Information Systems
  • Military Applications
  • Military Operations
  • Probabilistic Models
  • Probability Distributions
  • Reasoning
  • Tactical Decision Aids
  • World Geodetic System

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.