NICCI: A Multi-agent Cognitive Formation
Abstract
The demand for effective and expediently made decisions is always in vogue. This is not surprising since making correct decisions is essential for successful operations in both military and business environments. Decisions require data processed for quality, concept, and context. Time is spent weighing information for quality, fusing information into concepts, and packaging information for contextual relevance. The network-centric paradigm allows for access to additional, previously unreachable, sources of information. While there is a benefit to getting more information, the time spent weighing information for quality, fusing information into concepts, and packaging it for contextual relevance also is increasing. Without a dramatic decrease in information processing time, the network-centric paradigm will not achieve its full potential. The purpose of this paper is to propose a solution to the information overflow problem. The solution involves a system of cognitive agents in which agents are located at every information processing node. These cognitive agents, or intelligent nodes, consist of machines and human-machine hybrids. Military processes are used in this paper to illustrate the application of a multi-agent cognitive framework as a decision-making aid for collaborative decision making.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA515988
Entities
People
- Edward Dawidowicz
Organizations
- United States Army Communications-Electronics Command