Multi-agent System for Rapid TST Decision Support
Abstract
Our adversaries understand the need to limit their exposure time to preying USAF eyes. The enemy hides, exposes only during the briefest of time and then hides again. As the enemy adapts to our technology and finds methods to minimize their exposure, the F2T2EA "kill chain" had to be compressed from hours, to seconds. Obvious impediments to fast Time Sensitive Targets (TST) engagement are aircraft strike time and administrative delay in the kill chain. 21st Century Systems, Incorporated is developing RPAT Technicians to compress the F2T2EA timeline for support to near-instantaneous planning assessment and airborne weapons assignment for a team distributed in a ground control center and airborne control platform. Reactive planning against TSTs requires prior lists of "what-if" and "what-to-do" which will naturally accelerate the manual decision process. RPAT Technicians work inside the human decision loop to support the need for immediate answers. The key component of the system is the Decision Agent for Rapid TST, or DART. DARTs encapsulate human and pre-calculated knowledge in order to provide rapid, low-cost recommendations during emerging events. Supporting Technician agents interface with information systems and gather the data needed by DARTs for generating recommendations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2008
- Accession Number
- ADA486777
Entities
People
- Joseph Barker
- Robert Woodley
- Warren Noll