Distributed collaborative environments for predictive battlespace awareness

William K. McQuay

doi:10.1117/12.500909

4 September 2003 Distributed collaborative environments for predictive battlespace awareness

William K. McQuay

Proceedings Volume 5091, Enabling Technologies for Simulation Science VII; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.500909
Event: AeroSense 2003, 2003, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

The past decade has produced significant changes in the conduct of military operations: asymmetric warfare, the reliance on dynamic coalitions, stringent rules of engagement, increased concern about collateral damage, and the need for sustained air operations. Mission commanders need to assimilate a tremendous amount of information, make quick-response decisions, and quantify the effects of those decisions in the face of uncertainty. Situational assessment is crucial in understanding the battlespace. Decision support tools in a distributed collaborative environment offer the capability of decomposing complex multitask processes and distributing them over a dynamic set of execution assets that include modeling, simulations, and analysis tools. Decision support technologies can semi-automate activities, such as analysis and planning, that have a reasonably well-defined process and provide machine-level interfaces to refine the myriad of information that the commander must fused. Collaborative environments provide the framework and integrate models, simulations, and domain specific decision support tools for the sharing and exchanging of data, information, knowledge, and actions. This paper describes ongoing AFRL research efforts in applying distributed collaborative environments to predictive battlespace awareness.

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William K. McQuay "Distributed collaborative environments for predictive battlespace awareness", Proc. SPIE 5091, Enabling Technologies for Simulation Science VII, (4 September 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.500909

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