Sensor Ontology Integration for the Knowledge Management for Distributed-Tracking (KMDT) Program

Abstract

This paper describes Knowledge Management for Distributed-Tracking (KMDT), which is an ongoing research and development project to explore methods to improve military functions in the battle space, such as command, control, and decision support. It features a hypothetical use-case scenario that shows how knowledge-management technologies, such as ontologies and intelligent agents, can be used to improve battle-space awareness and the decision-making process in command centers with respect to distributed tracking and threat identification of platforms. The KMDT sensor ontology is based partly on concepts described in the MIL-STD-2525B and STANAG 4420 specifications, which define symbology to represent level-one data-fusion information, such as the classification of platforms and targets in the battle space. The paper includes a discussion of ontology-integration examples of this with this symbology as it relates to fusion and tracking.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA463094

Entities

People

  • Dwight R. Wilcox
  • Marion G. Ceruti

Organizations

  • Naval Information Warfare Systems Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Command And Control
  • Command Centers
  • Data Fusion
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Frequency
  • Information Systems
  • Intelligent Agents
  • Knowledge Management
  • Message Systems
  • Models
  • Naval Warfare
  • Ontologies
  • Sensor Fusion
  • Simulations
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects