The Ecological Domain of Warfare

Abstract

This paper suggests that the physical, information, cognitive and social domain layers of warfare should be extended to also include an ecological layer. We compare the extended domain-model to the four-layered architecture for open computational systems (OCS). Implementations of (1) the interaction platform Service oriented layered architecture for communicating entities (SOLACE) and (2) the Distributed interaction system for complex entity relation networks (DISCERN) are introduced. The demonstrator system Trustworthy and sustainable operations in marine environments (TWOSOME) shows that it is possible to create and control distributed systems that are exposed the evolutionary behaviors of an ecological environment. The relevance of TWOSOME to Network-Centric Warfare is supported by a comparison of the OCS architecture to the domains of warfare. We also argue that systems based on the OCS architecture are both compliant with requirements on essential operational capabilities of network enabled forces and conforming to the Global Information Grid.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA466139

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People

  • Jens-olof Lindh

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Communities of Interest

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

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Ad Hoc Networks
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Computers
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Global Information Grid
  • Information Operations
  • Information Systems
  • Language
  • Magnetic Signatures
  • Military Operations
  • Network Centric Warfare
  • Software Development
  • Three Dimensional

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