Prime: A PMESII (Political, Military, Economic, Social, Infrastructural and Informational) Model Development Environment

Abstract

As a key component of effects-based operations (EBO) is to allow analysts to examine the effects that different courses of action would have on a situation from multiple viewpoints, PRIME is a software tool for political, military, economic, social, infrastructural, and informational (PMESII) modeling that supports this need by looking beyond the traditional narrow horizon of examining only the military effects of planned actions. PRIME supports modeling of military actions, as well as diplomatic, information, and economic actions. This effort looked at the expected use cases for a PMESII modeling tool to help identify requirements. An existing structured-argument modeling tool, SEAS, was utilized as the underlying technology base, and the design modified to meet the identified software requirements. This report describes the software design and functionality of the resulting tool. Future research activities that would test the usefulness of PRIME are also discussed,

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA476892

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