Phase II Amount
$3,319,713
Mobile command posts must have accurate, real-time knowledge of friendly, enemy, neutral, and noncombatant activities and locations. As the amount of information available for commanders in such command posts explodes and its availability comes from physically and logically distinct sites the need arises for distributed and compatible access. To accomplish this, new computing tools are required - capable of integrating data from the different land, air, and sea components, distributing them throughout a global communication grid to command posts, and presenting them in an optimal way. Phase I project effort was devoted to the design of such a computational tool. It resulted in the development of a Distributed Intelligent Visual Interface (DIVI) architecture, characterized by the application of distributed and behavior-based techniques for the command post decision making and its capabilities to adapt to a given users community, operational tasks, and objectives. Utilizing current Phase I accomplishments the Phase II project will concentrate on the implementation of the DIVI architecture. It is proposed that the DIVI project will be a three-step effort. At the end of each step, BMDO/USASMDC will assess current accomplishments and technology Maturity State. Following the second step, the developed system and its capabilities will be presented to other DoD components for assessments and future utilization. The system developed during the Phase II project will be immediately applicable to various problems involving collaborative decision making in distributed environments. Commitment and assistance of PRC to work together on the project commercialization aspects will contribute to the process of transitioning this technology to the marketplace. Commercial potentials of the developed DVIV technology will be especially investigated in two areas: defense CPOF area and commercial enterprise financial domains.
Keywords: CPOF, 3-D Visualization, Object Management , Distributed Database
