JFACC Agent-Based Mentoring System (JAMS)

Recent operations have clarified the benefits of a centralized aerospace control concept under the authority of the Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC). However, these potential benefits can be compromised by the complexity of the JFACC’s responsibilities, and the lack of available training resources to support effective performance. We believe that the JFACC’s “on the job” learning experience can be enhanced by an on-line, software-based mentor, which monitors JFACC activities and provides “advice” to help him achieve his objectives. Such tools will provide the JFACC with in-depth insight into his own task management processes, allowing him to track current objectives, task status, and performance. We propose to develop a JFACC Agent-based Mentoring System (JAMS), comprised of three components: 1) a set of mentoring agents encoding the task space for JFACC operations; 2) a dynamic user model that estimates user state and adjusts the interactions between the user and mentoring agents; and 3) an intuitive human/system interface (HSI) supporting the JFACC’s understanding of his current objectives, tasks, and performance. The JAMS tools are fully configurable by the JFACC, so that he can encode his own personalized processes, and capture his own knowledge in a manner that effectively represents his changing experience.