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Integrating M&S Representation
of the Natural Environment into a C4ISR System for Decision Support
January 2000
Glenn S. Iwerks, The MITRE Corporation
ABSTRACT
Models developed for Modeling and Simulation (M&S) projects can
be used in a Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence,
Reconnaissance, and Surveillance (C4ISR) system to compute visibility
and mobility of forces under current and anticipated environmental conditions.
To show this, an experimental infrastructure was developed to use models
of the natural environment and its effects on military equipment, in
a C4ISR system. The models are used by the C4ISR system to make predictions
concerning the effects of the environment on mission outcomes. The Army
Experiment 5 (AE5) scenarios, and example tactical decision aids (TDA),
are used to exercise the system. The models used in this project come
from the Joint Semiautomated Forces (JointSAF) system developed for
the Synthetic Theater of War (STOW) ACTD. The C4ISR system is the Advanced
Command and Control (AC2) decision support system. The AC2 system is
a course of action (COA) development tool built as an extension to the
Army's Maneuver Control System (MCS) to aid in the Military Decision
Making Process (MDMP). The Common Object Request Broker Architecture
(CORBA) serves as a coupling mechanism between components.
Additional Search Keywords
C4ISR, command and control, decision support, environmental modeling,
tactical decision aid, interoperability
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