Collaborative agents for C2 of tactical urban combat operations

Gabriel Jakobson; John Buford; Lundy Lewis

doi:10.1117/12.778637

3 April 2008 Collaborative agents for C2 of tactical urban combat operations

Gabriel Jakobson, John Buford, Lundy Lewis

Proceedings Volume 6981, Defense Transformation and Net-Centric Systems 2008; 69810Q (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.778637
Event: SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, 2008, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Forces engaged in tactical urban combat operations require a continuous and comprehensive picture of the combat environment to quickly detect the target and effectively reduce opposition. This requires a significant coordination of actions, situational awareness, and fast decision-making. This paper focuses on modeling the collaboration acts among multiple combat units. We analyze the tactics of urban combat operations and then propose a general framework for modeling collaboration among units. Our approach uses Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) as a paradigm for modeling Command and Control (C2) in urban combat operations. We introduce the notion of scenario-based and policy-based MAS collaboration, and analyze different MAS inter-agent structural and control architectures, including hierarchical and federated architectures. This paper shows how scenario-based and policy-based collaboration matched with different MAS control architectures fits the C2 requirements of urban combat operations.

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Gabriel Jakobson, John Buford, and Lundy Lewis "Collaborative agents for C2 of tactical urban combat operations", Proc. SPIE 6981, Defense Transformation and Net-Centric Systems 2008, 69810Q (3 April 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.778637

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