Research Needs for Artificial Intelligence Applications in Support of C3 (Command, Control, and Communication)

Earlier investigations of Navy data fusion problems and techniques are extended into three other areas. The first investigations, from a single site and platform, are extended to a global network of systems. The problem of sharing information among subsystems of a command and control system is expanded to that of sharing information of mutual interest with other units and battlegroups. The next investigation concerns a reconstruction and post-analysis system. The reconstruction process is simply data fusion after all data are in. After reconstruction, artificial intelligence (AI) techniques may be used to interpret and help analyze the event records. The last topic concerns information storage and retrieval in novel mediums. Throughout these discussions, the main emphasis is on the application of AI tools. Additional keywords: maps; pictures; geometry; information processing; communications networks. (Author).