Software Agents as Facilitators of Coherent Coalition Operations

Abstract

Software agents can be viewed as semi-autonomous entities which help people cope with the complexities of working collaboratively in a distributed information environment. This paper describes the research that DERA is carrying out into Software Agents for use in Command Systems and the collaborative work with the 16 partners of an international Coalition Agents Experiment. Specifically, the paper aims to show that using software agent-based C2 frameworks is a useful way of dealing with the complexity of real-world problems such as supporting agile and robust Coalition operations and enabling interoperability between legacy or previously incompatible systems. In addition, Agent-enabled 'grids' can be used to rapidly integrate a wide variety of agents and infrastructures, with domain management services structuring agent relationships, limiting their behaviors and enforcing Coalition policies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA468176

Entities

People

  • Austin Tate
  • David Allsopp
  • Jeffrey M. Bradshaw
  • John Carson
  • Michael Kirton
  • Niranjan Suri
  • Patrick Beautement

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Climate Change
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Programs
  • Denial Of Service Attack
  • Information Operations
  • Information Systems
  • Infrastructure
  • Joint Military Activities
  • Language
  • Military Operations
  • Organizational Structure
  • Security
  • Software Agents
  • Task Forces
  • Teamwork
  • Web Browsers

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Software Engineering.