Civil Affairs Information and Military Sustainment in the Megacity Environment (M-CAVE)

Knowledge-Based Systems Incorporated (KBSI) proposes “Mega-City Analysis and Visualization Environment” (M-CAVE) in response to the Army SBIR “Civil Affairs Information and Military Sustainment in the Megacity Environment” (topic number A17-036). The M-CAVE technology will provide users with advanced yet simple-to-use influence models, methods, and visualization to help Civil Affairs teams assess, comprehend, and shape influence operations and their outcomes. Particular emphasis of the M-CAVE project is on dense urban environment (DUE) applications. DUEs are characterized by large, concentrated populations, explosive population growth, and increased potential for social volatility. Success in DUE missions depends on effective understanding of and operation in the human domain. Influence modeling is a method for understanding the human domain that extends social networks by explicitly modeling beliefs and judgments of actors. Influence modeling provides predictive capability for COP situational awareness, link analysis, COA comparison and forecasting effects of actions. The M-CAVE visualization method and tool augments standard COP layers with user-defined PMESII-PT / ASCOPE overlays. PMESII-PT / ASCOPE variable assessment is informed by M-CAVE influence models and social media analytics.