Agent-based Systems Key Enabler for the Army's Future Force

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to identify and discuss several potential application areas for intelligent agent technology that will enable the US Army to rapidly transform itself from its current military organization and operational capabilities to that of a future, more modern force structure. The thrust of the US Army's transformation concept is to evolve to a lighter, leaner, faster, more highly mobile and agile, command-centric, combined arms force structure that lives in a network-centric world and leverages state-of-the-art information technologies to interpret and understand the evolving battlefield situation and take decisive action before his adversary. In this paper, we will discuss how the implementation of the military decision making process is changing under the Army's transitioning to its future force structure and how and where the application of agent-based systems will be the essential enabler.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 04, 2003
Accession Number
ADP021387

Entities

People

  • Dirk R. Klose

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Command And Control
  • Communication Networks
  • Data Processing
  • Detectors
  • Engineering
  • Force Structure
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Intelligent Agents
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Multiagent Systems
  • Situational Awareness
  • Software Agents
  • Surveillance
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

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