CoAX - Coalition Agents eXperiment

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CoAX Coalition Agents eXperiment AIAI, BBN,
CMU, Dartmouth, DSTO, GITI, Lockheed Martin ATL,
NRL, Potomac Inst., U.Maryland, U.Michigan,
QinetiQ, UT-Austin, UWF/IHMC Support from AFRL,
ARL, Boeing, DRDC, DSTL, ISX, MITRE, MIT Sloan,
NWDC, OBJS, Schafer, Stanford, TTCP, USC/ISI,
USPACOM http//www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/project/coax/
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Course of Events

• Part 1 Agadez submarine attack - agents alert
  appropriate HQs.
• Part 2 Casualty data collected by agents and
  used to effect timely medevac.
• Part 3 A new country, Arabello, joins the
  Coalition 'on-the-fly' - integrated by agent
  technologies.
• Part 4 Arabello's ASW sensor grid data fused
  with Coalition - translator agents generated
  on-demand.
• Part 5 Agent-mediated tasking - countermeasures
  deployed based on predicted locations.

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Geography / Borders
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To Cecil
GAO
To Segumbo
To Pample
To Tifillo
To Cunmege
Akwapim-Gao Range
CACA REGION
Red Sea
Gambaga Escarpment
CACA REGION
NORTHERN REGION
BANDAR REGION
BINNI
Gao forces
Atewa Ranga
Kwahu Plateau
WESTERN REGION
ASHANTI REGION
Zingato
CENTRAL REGION
Laki Safari Park
AGADEZ
Agadez Forces
UPPER REGION
Caca Gorge
EASTERN REGION
To Falo
AGADEZ
To Harra
To Petit Paris
To Escallope
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OGDs
OGDs
UN
UNSG
UNSGSR
Home base
Theatre
Coalition Force Commander (CFC in CF HQ)
Other components Logistics, marines, SF etc
Coalition Force Air Component Commander (CFACC in
CFAC HQ)
Coalition Force Land Component Commander (CFLCC
in CFLC HQ)
Coalition Force Maritime Component Commander
(CFMCC in CFMC HQ)
Coalition Maritime Units
Coalition Land Units
Coalition Air Units
Natl Reps
Natl Reps
Natl Reps
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Agents - Definition

• Semi-autonomous, collaborating software entities.
• Support the actions of humans or other agents.
• Capable of being proactive and predictive.
• Can be kept under strict control.
• Adapt to changing circumstances at 'run-time'.

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SITREP 1730L 29SEP2012

• CFC Mission Peace enforcement in Binni.
• Enemy Intentions Now hostile - threat moderate.
• Enemy Forces Significant troop movements.
• Friendly Forces As briefed.
• NBC Threat low, but WMD site being neutralized.
• Other
• Logistics No issues.
• Media Freelance reporters active.
• CIMIC No issues.

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LPA - Plan 01
1900
2020
1935
1944
2058
2010
2001
1845
2049
1845
1941
1943
1953
1951
1933
1935
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LPA - Plan 02
1900
2020
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2002
1935
1944
1907
1914
2058
2010
2001
1845
2049
1845
1941
1943
1953
1951
1933
1935
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LPA - Plan 03
1819
2002
1907
1914
1845
1933
1942
2058
1845
2049
2002
2000
1941
1943
2001
1959
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Dynamic Agent Creation
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Dynamic Fusion
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Course of Events

• Part 1 Agadez submarine attack - agents alert
  appropriate HQs.
• Part 2 Casualty data collected by agents and
  used to effect timely medevac.
• Part 3 A new country, Arabello, joins the
  Coalition 'on-the-fly' - integrated by agent
  enabling.
• Part 4 Arabello's ASW sensor grid data fused
  with Coalition - translator agents generated
  on-demand.
• Part 5 Agent-mediated tasking - countermeasures
  deployed based on predicted locations.

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Agent Benefits

• Support achievement of 'command agility' for NCW.
• Aids construction of Coalition command systems.
• Provides interoperability between legacy /
  previously incompatible systems.
• Policies facilitate selective sharing of
  information and control of appropriate agent
  behavior - leading to an assured and secure
  environment.
• Ease of composition and dynamic reconfiguration
  lead to adaptive responses to unexpected events.
• Non-monolithic - efficient, effective and less
  brittle.

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End of CoAX 2002 Presentation