Information Age Warfare - Intelligent Agents in the Classroom and the Strategic Analysis Center
Abstract
This paper presents a unique research and development project conducted over the past four years by the George Mason University (GMU) Learning Agents Center (LAC) and the U.S. Army War College. This research synergistically integrates cutting edge artificial intelligence research, military strategy research, and the practical use of agents in strategic analysis and education in the context of Information Age Warfare and Network- Centric Operations. This research has produced a collaborative assistant for rapid knowledge formation (RKF) and reasoning, called Disciple-RKF. Disciple-RKF enables a team of subject matter experts who do not have prior knowledge engineering experience to rapidly build and use intelligent knowledge-based agents, with limited assistance from a knowledge engineer. Each subject matter expert teaches a personal Disciple-RKF agent while collaborating with it in solving specific problems. During this process, each Disciple-RKF agent learns from its expert and builds its knowledge base. These knowledge bases are then merged into an integrated knowledge base for Disciple-RKF. Disciple-RKF has been successfully applied to develop knowledge-based agents for military center of gravity analysis which have been used in the curriculum of the US Army War College.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA431997
Entities
People
- Gheorghe Tecuci
- Jerome Comello
- Michael K Bowman
- Mihai Boicu
Organizations
- George Mason University