A Semantic Web Application for the Air Tasking Order

Abstract

The purpose of this in-house exploratory development was to investigate using Semantic Web technologies for Command and Control (C2) applications. This paper describes a Semantic Web application we developed for the Air Tasking Order (ATO), the document used to assign aircraft to perform specific missions. We used existing Semantic Web tools to construct an ATO knowledge base. The knowledge base is used to select potential air missions to reassign to strike time sensitive targets by the computer. This paper introduces Semantic Web technologies, followed by a discussion of the design and implementation of our ATO knowledge base. We conclude that the current Semantic Web tools are mature enough for computers to assist in fairly sophisticated C2 domain modeling and reasoning.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA460520

Entities

People

  • Albert Frantz
  • Milvio Franco

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Aircrafts
  • Application Software
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cargo Aircraft
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Engineering
  • Fighter Bombers
  • Language
  • Ontologies
  • Taxonomy
  • Web Applications
  • Web Service

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Software Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control