Challenges to Agentization of the Battlefield

Abstract

The anticipated dynamics of the future battlefield will require greatly increased mobility, information flow, information assimilation, and responsiveness from a tactical operation center (TOC) and platforms (tanks, armored personnel carriers, etc.). This paper illustrates the potential synergy between these seemingly disparate developments, particularly related to battlefield visualization, multi-resolution analysis, software agents, and physical agents. Battlefield visualization programs are currently focused on representing the physical environment. This greatly contributes to situation awareness at the TOC and platform levels. As intelligent agents, both software and physical agents, are developed, battlefield visualization must be enhanced to include the state, behavior, and results of the actions of these agents. Multiresolution data and analysis will enhance visualization, software agent and physical agent performance. There are significant challenges to the integration of these technologies and to creating an effective human/multi-agent interaction.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA468645

Entities

People

  • John P. Grills
  • Philip J. Emmerman
  • Uma Y. Movva

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Ad Hoc Networks
  • Battlefields
  • Communication Systems
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Control Systems
  • Environment
  • High Resolution
  • Intelligent Agents
  • Logistics
  • Low Resolution
  • Military Research
  • Situational Awareness
  • Software Agents
  • Training
  • Two Dimensional
  • Unmanned Vehicles

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Software Engineering.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.