Adding intelligence to the Composite Warfare Commander - Distributed Dynamic Decision making paradigm.

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Authors
Wright, Brian Kenneth
Subjects
Decisionmaking
Distributed decisionmaking
CWC
C programming
Sun workstations
Sunview
War games
Advisors
Sengupta, Kishore
Date of Issue
1991-03
Date
1992-Mar
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
The Composite Warfare Commander - Distributed Dynamic Decisionmaking (CWC-DDD) paradigm is a tool for experimentation and research into the area of command, control and communications (C3) team decisionmaking process in simulated Navy engagement scenarios. It is implemented as a computer-driven interactive game among four person hierarchical teams of decisionmakers on a network of worstations. The paradigm is a compromise between controllability and realism of the experimental environment. The major drawback with the current implementation is the lack of responsiveness of the tasks (attackers) to the actions of the assets (defenders) and the environmental conditions. This thesis details ways to improve the responsiveness of the attackers and the realism of the paradigm by the implementation of a group of if-then heuristics. The five proposed heuristics are designed to make the attackers attempt to evade the defenders while still actively pursuing their mission to penetrate the center of the battle group. The heuristics are implemented in the RAINCOAT version of the paradigm using the C programming language. The heuristics are validated by several military commanders for adherence with the accepted baule doctrine of the Navy's Composite Warfare Command.
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Department of Administrative Sciences
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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93 p.;28 cm.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.
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