PAL Boot Camp: Preparing Cognitive Assistants for Deployment

Abstract

Most visions for decision support and information technology anticipate the use of machine learning to enable software to respond to an adapting environment, including the ability to learn capabilities while on-the-job. Currently, systems and software engineering processes hinder employment of task learning technology, because the adaptation it provides runs counter to our notions of stability. Similarly, systems must typically demonstrate satisfaction of requirements before deployment, rather than learn tasks while on the job. This paper introduces new problems for the field of software engineering and discusses an approach for preparing cognitive systems for deployment. We describe one approach to a boot camp for cognitive systems and present the results of simulations of the boot camp. The results of our experiments provide thresholds and patterns for knowledge, and the requirement for specific patterns of human use of cognitive systems. These results are then used to infer requirements for a boot camp and measures for the prediction of successful employment of the assistant.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA481417

Entities

People

  • Douglas S. Lange
  • Michael Carlin
  • Valdis Berzins
  • Volodymyr Ivanchenko

Organizations

  • Naval Information Warfare Systems Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Basic Training
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Deployment
  • Employment
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Human Behavior
  • Information Systems
  • Machine Learning
  • Simulations
  • Software Development
  • Training
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Neural Network Machine Learning.
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.
  • Software Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy