AI on the Battlefield: An Experimental Exploration (Preprint)

Abstract

The US Army Battle Command Battle Lab conducted an experiment with the Integrated Course of Action Critiquing and Elaboration System (ICCES) -- an integrated decision aid for performing several critical steps of a US Army Brigade Military Decision Making Process: from capturing a high-level Course of Action to producing a detailed analysis and plan of tasks. The system integrated several available technologies based largely on AI techniques, ranging from qualitative spatial interpretation of course-of-action diagrams to interleaved adversarial planning and scheduling. The experiment dispelled concerns about potential negative impacts of such tools on the creative aspects of the art of war, showed a potential for dramatic time savings in the MDMP process, and confirmed the maturity and suitability of the technologies for near-future deployment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA466516

Entities

People

  • Alexander Kott
  • Ken Forbus
  • Robert Rasch

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Attrition
  • Automated Speech Recognition
  • Battlefields
  • Cognitive Science
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Language
  • Lessons Learned
  • Mental Processes
  • Military Operations
  • Natural Languages
  • Personnel Management
  • Training
  • Warfare
  • Word Processors

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

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  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.