Information-management heuristics for improved coalition-operations effectiveness

Author

Labbé, Paul

Author_Institution

Centre de Recherches pour la Defense, Defence Res. Establ. Valcartier, Courcelette, Que., Canada

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

480

Abstract

Successful coalition-joint operations depend on the accuracy and timeliness of the tactical picture shared by participating units, and communications delays are one of many factors that degrade the quality of this picture. A priority assignment scheme is presented to reallocate the available communications bandwidth based on the value to the end user of the information contained in individual messages, and on the contribution of each item to overall mission success. Analysis of data from previous exercises suggests that even a simple such modification to communications procedures could increase the effectiveness of one critical command-and-control task, over-the-horizon targeting, by as much as 22%

Keywords

command and control systems; management information systems; marine systems; military systems; coalition-joint operations; command-and-control task; communications bandwidth reallocation; communications delays; data analysis; information-management heuristics; maritime environment; middleware; over-the-horizon targeting; priority assignment scheme; Bandwidth; Data analysis; Databases; Degradation; Delay; Guidelines; Information management; Management training; Missiles; Research and development;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference Proceedings, 1999. MILCOM 1999. IEEE

Conference_Location

Atlantic City, NJ

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5538-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.1999.822729

Filename

822729