A Flexible Toolkit Supporting Knowledge-based Tactical Planning for Ground Forces
Abstract
This paper presents the prototype framework C2DSAS (Command and Control Decision Support and Advisory Services) which has been developed for the Austrian Armed Forces to explore software-aided estimates of the situation and tactical planning support for ground forces. The goal of C2DSAS is to provide a toolkit which can be flexibly applied to various planning and re-planning tasks in particular for troop movement and engagement. The fundamental design principle is to support tactical planning tasks by methods from artificial intelligence in order to speed up the estimate of the situation in various scenarios while keeping humans as the driving element for decisions. On the basis of 2D/3D digital terrain representation, a set of operational rules, the current situational picture, as well as the capabilities and characteristics of individual vehicles, weapon systems or whole organizational units, the C2DSAS toolkit facilitates the generation of optimal and alternative paths depending on various optimization functions such as time, distance, or engagement opportunities. It enables the determination of discrete paths, troop spreading models, manoeuvrability, visibility, and zones of fire in a fully generic way and therefore constitutes a valuable tool set for supporting tactical/operational decision making for military purposes as well as in the context of crisis management and disaster relief.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2011
- Accession Number
- ADA547090
Entities
People
- Christian Pacher
- Erich C. Teppan
- Gerhard Friedrich
- Manfred Poeckl
Organizations
- University of Klagenfurt