KSCO Community - 1 The KSCO Community and its Coalition Experiments

KSCO Community - 2 KSCO Events u KSCO-1999 – International Workshop on Knowledge-Based Planning for Coalition Operations, May 1999, Edinburgh, Scotland. u Working parties proposed series of Coalition Experiments Binni scenario adopted for community experimentation. u Working Group on KSCO formed and first meeting held to plan community activities. u Coalition Experiments and multi-national joint experimentation encouraged. u KSCO-2002 – Second Conference on Knowledge Systems for Coalition Operations, June 2002, Toulouse, France. u IEEE Intelligent Systems, Special Issue on Knowledge Systems for Coalition Operations, Volume 17 Number 2, May/June u KSCO-2004 – Volume of Papers on Knowledge Systems for Coalition Operations, October Planned conference in Pensacola, Florida, USA cancelled during active hurricane season (Ivan in September 2004). u KSCO-2006 – Third Conference on Knowledge Systems for Coalition Operations, part of IEEE Workshop on Distributed Intelligent Systems (DIS-2006), June 2006, Prague, Czech Republic. u KSCO-2007 – Fourth Conference on Knowledge Systems for Coalition Operations, part of IEEE International Conference on Integration of Knowledge Intensive Multi- Agent Systems Modeling, Evolution and Engineering (KIMAS-2007), May 2007, Waltham, MA, USA. u – Web site and relevant occasional communications for community.

KSCO Community - 3 KSCO Working Group u u Jean Berger (DRDC, Canada) u u Jeff Bradshaw (IHMC, USA) u u David Brown (MITRE, USA) u u Richard Davis (DSTO, Australia) u u Roberto Desimone (QinetiQ, UK) u u Jerry Dussault (AFRL, USA; TTCP Representative) u u Dan Fayette (AFRL, USA) u u Scott Fouse (IS, USA) u u Nort Fowler (AFRL, USA; now retired) u u Vladimir Gordoteski (St. Petersburg Inst. for Info. and Automation, Russia) u u Jim Hendler (University of Maryland, USA) u u Jan Jelínek (Honeywell, USA) u u James Lawton (AFRL, USA) u u Jitu Patel (Dstl, UK) u u Paul Losiewicz (EOARD/London, USA) u u Vijay Kowtha (ONR Global/London, USA) u u Dale Lambert (DSTO, Australia) u u Barry McKinney (EOARD/London, USA) u u Rick Metzger (AFRL, USA) u u Jitu Patel (DSTL, UK; TTCP Representative) u u Michal Pěchouček (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic) u u Tony Rathmell (DSTL, UK) u u Martin Rehák (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic) u u Niranjan Suri (IHMC, USA) u u Austin Tate (AIAI, University of Edinburgh, UK)

KSCO Community - 4 KSCO Topics u u Innovative theory and techniques for coalition formation and support to similar “virtual organisations” u u Applications and requirements for knowledge-based coalition planning and operations management u u Knowledge-based approaches to command and control u u Knowledge-based approaches to coalition logistics u u Knowledge-based approaches to Operations-Other-Than-War - such as peace keeping missions and other humanitarian operations u u Multi-agent systems and the concept of agency in coalitions u u Tools and techniques for knowledge-based simulation and modelling of coalition operations u u Security and maintenance of private information or knowledge in coalition operations u u Autonomous vs. centrally managed coalition operations

KSCO Community - 5 KSCO Issues u u Different doctrine, decision making, rules of engagement and, in general, mission "agendas" u u Different technology skill and equipment levels u u Questionable compatibility of respective national information systems u u Limited models for coalition force operations u u Command authorities - agreement and transfers u u Information systems resource sharing agreements & capacity u u Different interpretation of situational information u u Lack of compatible security architectures From LeRoy Pearce, Canadian MOD

KSCO Community - 6 TTCP The Technical Cooperation Program u u Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, USA u u C3I Group - Command, Control, Communication and Information Systems u u Created Binni Scenario u u Encouraged KSCO and Coalition Experiments u u

KSCO Community - 7 Binni - Gateway to the Golden Bowl of Africa Rathmell, R.A. (1999) A Coalition Force Scenario 'Binni - Gateway to the Golden Bowl of Africa', in Proceedings of the International Workshop on Knowledge-Based Planning for Coalition Forces, (ed. Tate, A.) pp , Edinburgh, Scotland, 10th-11th May 1999.

Geography / Borders

W E N S Geography Binni - All Features BANDARPopulation centres × Military airfieldsGravel roads Brongo Ports Q Civilian AirfieldsTracks KEY Tarmac roads 175 Heights (metres)Railways LAYERS: Return Cape Vincent Cape Amstado Caca Kaso Lagoon Amisa Jacal Pra Ankobra Tana Ofin Afram Daka Black Caca Kapowa White Caca Mawli LAKE CACA Water Brongo Ports Q Civilian AirfieldsTracks Q Q Q Q Q Q × × × × × Transport WESTERN REGION AGADEZ Zingato SIKASSO COSTA DEL MARIA LAKI BANDAR UGWULU UPPER REGION NORTHERN REGION CACA REGION EASTERN REGION CACA REGION ASHANTI REGION CENTRAL REGION BANDAR REGION AGADEZ GAO Kwanabouri Gambaga 268 Masembi Gambaga Escarpment Higgville Libar Zatu To Cunmege To Tifillo Dinga Anala Akwapim-Gao Range Kwahu Plateau To Pample To Segumbo Kamongo Jinja Brongo Laval Biloo Sagiba Bave Gamba Kolla Antok Grandville Hakkali To Cecil Dado Minga Kaso Nanga Caca Dam Esuko Blackman Laponga Zaribe Bonrope Tonka 775 Atewa Ranga Saltpond Achobo Adaido Diplombo Elmina Wonka Deanville Sonara Sandosta Komenda Gonobo Grandvache Polia Jamestown Slabo Donga Anguiba Kutchi Akimbo Sago- town Wazilla Suthertown Bisa Wampimba Belucar Salisbury Bisha St Andrews Sellerham Kingtown To Petit Paris To Escallope Lissa Libretto Slafito Langford To Falo Asoba Nedalla Epidurango Aida To Harra Names Setting Lat / Long Lat / Long 31E 36E 35E 34E 33E 32E 39E 38E 37E 36E 35E 34E 33E 32E 31E 39E 38E 37E 17N 16N 15N 20N 19N 18N 17N 16N 15N 19N 18N 21N

Cape Vincent Cape Amstado Caca Kaso Lagoon Amisa Jacal Pra Ankobra Tana Ofin Afram Daka Black Caca Kapowa White Caca Mawli LAKE CACA W E N S Red Sea            EASTERN REGION Zingato SIKASSO COSTA DEL MARIA LAKI BANDAR UGWULU UPPER REGION WESTERN REGION CACA REGION NORTHERN REGION CACA REGION ASHANTI REGION CENTRAL REGION BANDAR REGION AGADEZ GAO Kwanabouri Gambaga 268 Masembi Gambaga Escarpment Higgville Libar Zatu To Cunmege To Tifillo Dinga Anala Akwapim-Gao Range Kwahu Plateau To Pample To Segumbo Kamongo Jinja Brongo Laval Biloo Sagiba Bave Gamba Kolla Antok Grandville Hakkali To Cecil Dado Minga Kaso Nanga Caca Dam Esuko Blackman Laponga Zaribe Bonrope Tonka 775 Atewa Ranga Saltpond Achobo Adaido Diplombo Elmina Wonka Deanville Sonara Sandosta Komenda Gonobo Grandvache Polia Jamestown Slabo Donga Anguiba Kutchi Akimbo Sago- town Wazilla Suthertown Bisa Wampimba Belucar Salisbury Bisha St Andrews Sellerham Kingtown To Petit Paris To Escallope Lissa Libretto Slafito Langford To Falo Asoba Nedalla Epidurango Aida To Harra Laki Safari Park Caca Gorge Gao forces Agadez Forces BINNI AGADEZ

KSCO Community

Binni Vexillology Arabello BinniGao Agadez Represents the hopes of the Binni Founding Fathers that the Sun will rise and set in a cloudless sky over a lush and prosperous landscape. Reflects the anguish of the history of Gao with nature alternating between poverty and plenty divided by the crimson stained path of tribal conflict. Represents the union of Mountain (blue), Upland (green) and Lowland (brown) peoples of Agadez each maintaining their independence yet united against all opponents. Represents the five fiefdoms of Arabello unified under a sultan of wealth and power.

KSCO Community - 13 Binni Scenario Materials binni.org or via KSCO web site ksco.info

KSCO Community - 14 Coalition Experiments u u Coalition Logistics 1, 2000 – San Diego, CA, US u u Coalition Logistics 2, 2000 – Malvern, UK u u CoAX Binni 2000 – Malvern, UK u u CoAX Binni 2001 – Malvern, UK u u CoAX Binni 2002 – Newport, RI, USA u u Coalition Search and Rescue,

KSCO Community - 15 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 DARPA

KSCO Community - 16 DARPA Object Services and Consulting, Inc.

KSCO Community - 17 CoAX Technology Contributions AIAI's I-X Task, Process and Event Panel Technology BBN Technologies MPS - Mixed-Initiative Planning and Interaction Agents, Dynamic Agent Information Coordination Protocols, Airlift Mission Planning System Agent. CMU's Retsina Grid Agent Communications Visualisation and DAML-S Matchmaker. See here for more details. DSTO's Future Operations Centre Analysis Laboratory (FOCAL) and Logistics Planning using the ATTITUDE multi-agent architecture. Dartmouth College's Field-observation System and Mobile Agents for Medical Monitoring GITI/ISX CoABS Program Grid Infrastructure Lockheed Martin ATL's EMAA mobile agent technology, CAST information management agents, and I2AT agent development toolkit Michigan's Multilevel Coordination Agent MIT's Robustness Service NRL's Intelligent Agents for GCCS-M OBJS's eGents Agents and AgentGram QinetiQ's Decision Desktop and Master Battle Planner Stanford's Market Mechanisms Technology UMD's IMPACT agents for reasoning with probabilistic temporal information UTexas at Austin's Sensible Agent technology - Trust Evaluation and Organization Adaptation USC/ISI's Ariadne Project UWF/IHMC and Boeing's KAoS Technology UWF/IHMC NOMADS Technology

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KSCO Community - 19 KSCO Further Information and Involvement u KSCO, Binni, CoAX materials and documentation: u u u u We encourage your participation… u In addressing key coalition and technical drivers u In seeking operational opportunities u In creating collaborative projects u In future demonstrations