Intelligent Aided Communication (iaC) in a Command and Control Environment

Abstract

During the past several decades many important incremental improvements have been made in command and control (C2) and decision making theories, practices, and supporting technologies; however, true innovation has often been lacking. Major problems remain that hinder revolutionary improvements to military C2 concepts and practices. Two particularly troublesome problems are information overload and a focus on individuals/small teams versus larger groups within an information environment. To address these and related problems, Pacific Science & Engineering Group (PSE) is developing a new human-centered concept referred to as intelligent aided Communication (iaC)[copyrighted]. The iaC concept facilitates more efficient and effective communication and collaboration among users and systems by selectively employing context-aware user profiles (e.g., profiles based on C2 roles and responsibilities, information requirements, user preferences, etc.) and software agents to manage many of the mundane tasks associated with information exchange and alerting that warfighters perform manually today. Similarly, other iaC agents use this same context awareness and user profiles approach to tailor information organization and presentation for the individual warfighter. This paper and presentation will describe the iaC concept in more detail and outline how iaC can form the foundation for more sophisticated, larger-scale efforts to develop intelligent command centers and technologies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA464256

Entities

People

  • Ronald A. Moore

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Cognition
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Command And Control
  • Command Centers
  • Computers
  • Electronic Mail
  • Engineering
  • Information Operations
  • Information Overload
  • Information Systems
  • Organizational Structure
  • Psychology
  • Situational Awareness
  • Social Psychology
  • Teamwork
  • United States European Command

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

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