Tactical Behavior Composition

Abstract

Behavior composition for computer generated forces is a technique that facilitates the creation and validation of agent behavior. It refers to the practice of creating reusable primitives that can be combined to construct new complex agent behaviors. Research in behavior composition has often focused on the use of procedural primitives. This paper discusses a framework for commander agent behavior composition that includes not only procedural primitives, but also those representing tactical concepts such as spatial relationships subordinate coordination, terrain analysis, firepower and mobility. These primitives give the domain expert the ability to influence the manner in which tactical decisions are made. These primitives are elements of a tactics description language called Tesla. Using the Tesla language, a tactical behavior expert composes tactic templates which can later be used by commander agents in course of action development and to solve tactical problems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA553633

Entities

People

  • Evan C. Clark
  • Jeffrey A. Smith
  • Joel C. Eichelberger

Organizations

  • New Mexico State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Intelligent Agents
  • Knowledge Based Systems
  • Language
  • New Mexico
  • Operations Research
  • Simulations
  • Software Agents
  • Software Development
  • Template Patterns
  • Validation

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Military Science
  • Software Engineering.