Effective Information Management in Joint Operations based on Semantic Technologies

Abstract

Sharing information between collaborating military assets by using modern information- and communication technologies is a core principle for complex distributed military operations. In this paper we introduce an Information Management System which combines OWLOntologies and automated reasoning with Publish/Subscribe-Systems, providing for a shared but decoupled data model. We emphasise the novel application and lack of practical experience of using Semantic Web technologies in areas other than originally intended. That is, aiding decision support and software design in the context of a mission scenario for an unmanned system. Experiments within a complex simulation environment show the immediate bene ts of a semantic informationmanagement and -dissemination platform: Clear separation of concerns in code and data model, increased systems re-usability and extensibility as well as simpli ed integration of external information sources.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA567974

Entities

People

  • Herwig Moser
  • Norbert Oswald
  • Stefan Foerster
  • Toni Reichelt

Organizations

  • University of Stuttgart

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Artificial Intelligence Computing
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Decoupling
  • Environment
  • Ground Stations
  • Information Operations
  • Information Systems
  • Language
  • Military Applications
  • Ontologies
  • Platforms
  • Radar Stations
  • Reasoning
  • Situational Awareness
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs