Genetic Algorithms in the Battlespace Terrain Reasoning and Awareness-Battle Command (BTRA-BC) Battle Engine

Abstract

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center's (ERDC) Battlespace Terrain Reasoning and Awareness-Battle Command (BTRA-BC) Battle Engine (BBE) is a tool that enables command staffs to semi-automate the creation and evaluation of potential courses of action (COA) for use in military planning. The BBE uses data generated during the initial steps of the Military Decision Making Process (MDMP) and a genetic algorithm to produce and evaluate a population of COAs. This thesis provides a basic background of both the MDMP and genetic algorithms. It describes the features of the BBE and the parameters that control its genetic algorithm. The thesis describes an experiment to test the genetic algorithm parameter effects on the BBE search results. The results of this experiment and research are used to provide recommendations to improve the performance and functionality of the BBE.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA509202

Entities

People

  • Kenneth J. Maroon

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Power
  • Algorithms
  • Attrition
  • Command And Control
  • Evolutionary Algorithms
  • Genetic Algorithms
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Military Education
  • Military Planning
  • Military Science
  • Order Of Battle
  • Risk Analysis
  • Simulations
  • United States
  • United States Naval Academy
  • War Games
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Acoustics.
  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
  • AI & ML - Machine Learning Algorithms
  • Biotechnology