EXPERT SYSTEM FOR TACTICAL PLATFORM RESOURCE ALLOCATION

THE EXPERT SYSTEM DEVELOPED UNDER THIS EFFORT WILL DEMONSTRATE THE CAPABILITY TO USE TACTICAL DECISION, AIDS, EXPERT RULES, STATIC AND REAL TIME ENVIRONMENTAL DATA, ACOUSTIC MODELS, AND A MULTI-TARGET TRACKER TO DETERMINE OPTIMUM UNDER SEA WARFARE TACTICS FOR SENSOR PLACEMENT AND ORIENTATION. CRITICAL ELEMENTS OF MISSION PLANNING FOR CONTACT ACQUISITION, TRACKING, AND ORDINANCE DELIVERY AGAINST ALL THREAT SCENARIOS MUST BE SUPPORTED. SUFFICIENT FLEXIBILITY WILL BE PROVIDED FOR MISSION PLANNERS TO DEVELOP RESOURCE ALLOCATION PLANS, DESIGN TACTICS, AND VALIDATE SENSOR DISTRIBUTION PLANS. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PHASE I PORTION OF THIS PROJECT ARE TO DEVELOP A DECISION TREE OF TACTICAL RESOURCE ALLOCTION RULES USED BY ON SCENE COMMANDERS; USE THE DECISION TREE IN CONJUNCTION WITH TACTICAL DECISION AIDS, ACOUSTIC PERFORMANCE PREDICTIONS, AND A MULTI-TARGET TRACKER TO DEVELOP AN EXPERT SYSTEM SIMULATION FOR THE ALLOCATION OF TACTICAL ASSETS; AND TO EVALUATE AND MODIFY THE SIMULAITON BASED ON COMMENTS PROVIDED BY EXPERT TACTICAL PLANNERS.