coax – coalition agents experiment aiai, bbn, cmu, dartmouth, dsto, giti,
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DARPA. CoAX – Coalition Agents eXperiment AIAI, BBN, CMU, Dartmouth, DSTO, GITI, Lockheed Martin ATL, NRL, Potomac Inst., U.Maryland, U.Michigan, QinetiQ, UT-Austin, UWF/IHMC Support from AFRL, ARL, Boeing, DRDC, DSTL, ISX, MITRE, - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
CoAX – Coalition Agents eXperimentCoAX – Coalition Agents eXperiment
AIAI, BBN, CMU, Dartmouth, DSTO, GITI,AIAI, BBN, CMU, Dartmouth, DSTO, GITI,Lockheed Martin ATL, NRL, Potomac Inst., U.Maryland,Lockheed Martin ATL, NRL, Potomac Inst., U.Maryland,
U.Michigan, QinetiQ, UT-Austin, UWF/IHMCU.Michigan, QinetiQ, UT-Austin, UWF/IHMCSupport from AFRL, ARL, Boeing, DRDC, DSTL, ISX, MITRE,Support from AFRL, ARL, Boeing, DRDC, DSTL, ISX, MITRE,
MIT Sloan, NWDC, OBJS, Schafer, Stanford, TTCP, USC/ISI, USPACOMMIT Sloan, NWDC, OBJS, Schafer, Stanford, TTCP, USC/ISI, USPACOM
http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/project/coax/http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/project/coax/
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ContextContext
Increasing military requirements for coalition operationsIncreasing military requirements for coalition operations Belief that agent computational model can support:Belief that agent computational model can support:
Coalition interoperability requirementsCoalition interoperability requirements Dynamic and Decentralized C3IDynamic and Decentralized C3I
International Agent Research ProgrammesInternational Agent Research Programmes US DARPA Control of Agent Based Systems (CoABS)US DARPA Control of Agent Based Systems (CoABS) UK DSTL/QinetiQ Agents ProjectUK DSTL/QinetiQ Agents Project Australian and Canadian Agents and Coalition WorkAustralian and Canadian Agents and Coalition Work TTCP C3I Groups for international involvementTTCP C3I Groups for international involvement
Need for “middleware” such as is provided by CoABS Need for “middleware” such as is provided by CoABS Grid InfrastructureGrid Infrastructure
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Aim of Coalition TIEAim of Coalition TIE To addressTo address unique aspects of coalition operations through the unique aspects of coalition operations through the
development and evaluation of:development and evaluation of: agent domain management servicesagent domain management services agent task, process and event management servicesagent task, process and event management services Specific agent servicesSpecific agent services
Aim will be met through delivery of:Aim will be met through delivery of: Phased technical demonstrations of increasing complexityPhased technical demonstrations of increasing complexity Integration of diverse agent systemsIntegration of diverse agent systems Development of generic Coalition-oriented grid servicesDevelopment of generic Coalition-oriented grid services
Requirements:Requirements: Use of a wide variety of different agent systemsUse of a wide variety of different agent systems Use of existing military (non-agent) applicationsUse of existing military (non-agent) applications
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Demonstration ScheduleDemonstration Schedule 1-month demo at kick-off in February 2000 showing direct connection
between DERA MBP and LM ATL AODB 6-month integration milestone in July 2000 showing initial integration of
selected CoAX components for year 2000 demo CoAX Binni 2000 demo in Fall 2000:
Briefing the CoAX TIE and Binni scenario Showing full integration of selected CoAX components in Binni Telling a relevant “story” about agents for information gathering
CoAX Binni 2001 demo in Fall 2001: Fully integrating all CoAX components in a rich coalition scenario Expanding scope to cover dynamic re-planning
CoAX Binni 2002 demo in Fall 2002: Showing dynamic aspects of coalition organization, domain
management, tasking and event handling Expanding scope to cover dynamic planning, coordination and
execution.
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Future PlansFuture Plans
Increasing the ability to work quickly and effectively in non-Increasing the ability to work quickly and effectively in non-episodic cases (e.g., incremental coalition formation)episodic cases (e.g., incremental coalition formation)
Distributing MCA services across multiple agents to Distributing MCA services across multiple agents to improve reliability and scalabilityimprove reliability and scalability
Design and analyze extensions for efficiently discovering Design and analyze extensions for efficiently discovering and exploiting synergistic interactionsand exploiting synergistic interactions
Experiment on increasingly difficult (Coalition) scenariosExperiment on increasingly difficult (Coalition) scenarios Transition: CoAX, STRATCOM?, NASA-JPLTransition: CoAX, STRATCOM?, NASA-JPL
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CoAX Binni 2002 CoAX Binni 2002 DemonstrationDemonstration
Dynamic “come as you are” coalition formation Dynamic creation of ‘virtual coalition organization’ Agents and domains added to coalition structure ‘on-the-fly’ Dynamic coalition tasks and processes
Tailored visualizations / interface agents Tools to improve human / software agent interaction High-level tools usable without specialized training Packaged generic Grid services:
Domain management and DAML-based policy analysis Task, process, and event management
Involvement of more countries and organizations USA – BBN – Mixed initiative agents & dynamic information flow USA – CMU – Agent Organization and Interaction Visualization USA – NRL, UMD, UTexas – Agent Services and Data Visualizations Australia – DSTO – Logistics planning and information analysis
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CoAX Transition ProgramCoAX Transition Program
2000 2001 2002 2003
CoAX Binni
CoAX Air
CoAX Navy? (FBE-J, FBE-K, PC’05)
CoAX International?
CoAX Rescue? (Civilian)
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Further DetailsFurther Details
http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/project/coax/http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/project/coax/
Materials for this briefing are at: Materials for this briefing are at: http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/project/coax/darpa/http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/project/coax/darpa/
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