Software Agents as Facilitators of Coherent Coalition Operations
Date
06/2001Author
Allsopp, D
Beautement, P
Bradshaw, J M
Carson, J
Kirton, M
Suri, N
Tate, Austin
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Abstract
Software agents can be viewed as semi-autonomous entities which help people cope with the complexities of working collaboratively in a distributed information environment. This paper describes the research that DERA is carrying out into Software Agents for use in Command Systems and the collaborative work with the 16 partners of an international Coalition Agents
Experiment. Specifically, the paper aims to show that using software agent-based C2 frameworks is a useful way of dealing with the complexity of real-world problems such as supporting agile and robust Coalition operations and enabling interoperability between legacy or previously incompatible systems. In addition, Agent-enabled 'grids' can be used to rapidly integrate a wide
variety of agents and infrastructures, with domain management services structuring agent
relationships, limiting their behaviours and enforcing Coalition policies.