Mapping Network Centric Operational Architectures to C2 and Software Architectures
Abstract
We are interested in mapping operational architectures to command and control and software architectures. In his poignant paper, Dekker proposed a "Taxonomy of Architectures" which provides an interesting spectrum of network centric operational configurations. The goal of this paper is to answer the following question: given the variety of architecture models presented by Dekker, what command and control model is appropriate for each, and what software architecture is appropriate for each? In particular, this research will examine if the German control free model applies to all of the different operational architectures and whether or not the service oriented architecture (SOA) is the appropriate software architecture solution for each of the models. Our gedanken experiment results show that the configuration of assets and how they were organized (commanded and controlled) actually increased their collective capabilities given an optimized hybrid SOA, MOMS (Message Oriented Middleware), and Agent Based software infrastructure. This means that any capability portfolio analysis or competency assessments which only focuses upon individual asset contributions, fails to account for the behavior of a team or the possibility of "collective swarm intelligence". This almost by definition will lead to procurement decisions detrimental to the basic capability of the DoD.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2007
- Accession Number
- ADA481457
Entities
People
- Don Pacetti
- Jack Lenahan
- Mike Nash
- Phil Charles
- Rebecca Reed
Organizations
- Naval Information Warfare Systems Command