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Assessing the value of information superiority for ground forces : proof of concept / Dan Gonzales [and others].

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Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2001.
Physical Description
xviii, 83 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Additional Creators
Gonzales, Daniel, 1956-, Moore, Louis R., Pernin, Christopher G., 1973-, Matonick, David M., Dreyer, Paul, Acquisition and Technology Policy Center, Rand Corporation, and United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (C4ISR)
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Advanced communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems are intended to provide information superiority, or the capability to collect, process, and disseminate an uninterrupted flow of information while exploiting or denying an adversary's ability to do the same. In this proof-of-concept model the C4ISR systems were linked to autonomous decisionmaking agents that simulated division and brigade commanders. These decisionmaking agents were implemented in a notional operational-level scenario in which the quality of situation awareness data provided to ground force units can be varied as a function of the performance of the C4ISR system architecture, making it possible to determine the impact of C4ISR system performance on combat outcome. The System Effectiveness Analysis Simulation (SEAS), an agent-based model, was augmented by incorporating C2 agents capable of adaptive command decisionmaking based on dynamic battlefield awareness information. Initial results indicate that combat outcomes depend critically on C4ISR architecture performance.
Report Numbers
RAND/DB-339-OSD
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ISBN
0833030485
Note
"National Defense Research Institute."
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (page 83).
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Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
Funding Information
Joint C4ISR Decision Support Center. DASW01-95-C-0059. ND001 7095. ND100 9A30
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