1. DARPA Object Services and Consulting, Inc.

2. CoAX – Coalition Agents eXperiment AFRL, AIAI, BBN, Boeing, Dartmouth, DSTO, GITI, Lockheed Martin ATL, Michigan, OBJS, QinetiQ, USC/ISI, UWF/IHMC Support from DREV, DSTL, ISX, MITRE, MIT Sloan, Schafer, Stanford, TTCP http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/project/coax/ DARPA CoAX

3. CoAX/Briefing - 3 CoAX Briefing Outline u Context and Scenario u What’s New u CoAX Binni 2001 Demo u Technical Detail u Next Steps u Transition Plans

4. CoAX/Briefing - 4 CoAX Context u Increasing military requirements for coalition operations u Belief that agent computational model can support: u Coalition interoperability requirements u Dynamic and Decentralized C3I u International Agent Research Programmes u US DARPA Control of Agent Based Systems (CoABS) u UK DSTL/QinetiQ Agents Project u Australian and Canadian Agents and Coalition Work u TTCP C3I Groups for international involvement u Need for “middleware” such as is provided by CoABS Grid Infrastructure

5. CoAX/Briefing - 5 CoAX Aim of Coalition TIE u To address unique aspects of coalition operations through the development and evaluation of: u agent domain management services u agent task, process and event management services u Specific agent services u Aim will be met through delivery of: u Phased technical demonstrations of increasing complexity u Integration of diverse agent systems u Development of generic Coalition-oriented grid services u Requirements: u Use of a wide variety of different agent systems u Use of existing military (non-agent) applications

6. CoAX/Briefing - 6 CoAX Demonstration Schedule u u 1-month demo at kick-off in February 2000 showing direct connection between DERA MBP and LM ATL AODB u u 6-month integration milestone in July 2000 showing initial integration of selected CoAX components for year 2000 demo u u CoAX Binni 2000 demo in Fall 2000: u u Briefing the CoAX TIE and Binni scenario u u Showing full integration of selected CoAX components in Binni u u Telling a relevant “story” about agents for information gathering u u CoAX Binni 2001 demo in Fall 2001: u u Fully integrating all CoAX components in a rich coalition scenario u u Expanding scope to cover dynamic re-planning u u CoAX Binni 2002 demo in Fall 2002: u u Showing dynamic aspects of coalition organization, domain management, tasking and event handling u u Expanding scope to cover dynamic planning, coordination and execution.

7. CoAX/Briefing - 7 CoAX The CoABS Grid u The CoABS/Infrastructure code provides a framework for integrating diverse agent-based systems, and provides additional common services. u The Grid allows agents to find services and other agents so that agent teams can be dynamically formed to solve context-based tasks. u The Grid is built using Jini TM technology. Direct agent communication is provided using message queues built on JAVA RMI. Grid Logging Markup Language based on XML.

8. CoAX/Briefing - 8 CoAX CoAX Components DARPA CoABS Grid (GITI, ISX) Agent Frameworks KAoS Agents (IHMC, Boeing) NOMADS Mobile Agents (IHMC) EMAA/CAST Agents (LM-ATL) GMAS (Dartmouth, IHMC, LM-ATL) D’Agents (Dartmouth) eGents (OBJS) Agent Grid Services Task, Process and Event Management (AIAI) Domain Management Services (IHMC, Boeing) Asynchronous Wireless Connectivity (OBJS) Plan Deconfliction (Michigan) Military Systems CAMPS (AFRL,GITI, BBN) MBP (QinetiQ) Situation Viewer (QinetiQ) … Agents on the Grid AODB Agent (LM-ATL) Observer Agents (Dartmouth) eGents E-mail Agents (OBJS) Malicious Agents (IHMC) Web Weather Agent (USC/ISI) …

9. CoAX/Briefing - 9 CoAX Briefing Outline u Context and Scenario u What’s New u CoAX Binni 2001 Demo u Technical Detail u Next Steps u Transition Plans

10. CoAX/Briefing - 10 CoAX New Parts in 2001 Demo Generic servicesGeneric services IHMC/Boeing - Domain management - KAoS Grid Helper for easy integration of any grid agent, use of resource and conversation management to up pace, integration with grid security services, hierarchical domains, DAML-based KAoS Policy RepresentationIHMC/Boeing - Domain management - KAoS Grid Helper for easy integration of any grid agent, use of resource and conversation management to up pace, integration with grid security services, hierarchical domains, DAML-based KAoS Policy Representation AIAI/QinetiQ - Task/process/event management - multiple panels, issue passing, reporting, more generic approach, XML process models, initial process librarian, “catch-all” for any issue and report (in simple way), can use partial knowledgeAIAI/QinetiQ - Task/process/event management - multiple panels, issue passing, reporting, more generic approach, XML process models, initial process librarian, “catch-all” for any issue and report (in simple way), can use partial knowledge New Agent Communications MechanismsNew Agent Communications Mechanisms OBJS - eGents e-mail and wireless/untethered agentsOBJS - eGents e-mail and wireless/untethered agents Dartmouth/IHMC/LM-ATL - GMAS mobile agentsDartmouth/IHMC/LM-ATL - GMAS mobile agents New functional partsNew functional parts Michigan - Plan Deconfliction AgentMichigan - Plan Deconfliction Agent Dartmouth - Observer AgentsDartmouth - Observer Agents OBJS – MBNLI natural language data base queriesOBJS – MBNLI natural language data base queries QinetiQ – Interface Agents and Semantic Interoperability (XSLT)QinetiQ – Interface Agents and Semantic Interoperability (XSLT) All - Shared models and messages in XML formatAll - Shared models and messages in XML format

11. CoAX/Briefing - 11 CoAX Briefing Outline u Context and Scenario u What’s New u CoAX Binni 2001 Demo u Technical Detail u Next Steps u Transition Plans

12. CoAX/Briefing - 12 CoAX CoAX Demo Emphasis Recovery Conflict resolution Re-deployment Peace support Linear Initial Planning Political aims Military guidance Campaign planning Commander's intent Deployment Linear Focus of the CoAX Binni 2000 Demo Execution Variable Organizations An opponent Campaign re-planning Short-notice taskings Operation execution Execution monitoring Reporting / feedback Outcome assessment Dynamic / iterative uncertain Focus of the CoAX Binni 2001 Demo

13. W E N S Cape Vincent Cape Amstado Caca Kaso Lagoon Amisa Jacal Pra Ankobra Tana Ofin Afram Daka Black Caca Kapowa White Caca Mawli LAKE CACA Forces separated by Firestorm AGADEZ GAO Binni Laki Safari Park Gao forces Agadez Forces False Agadez forces FIRESTORM False Gao forces

14. HOME BASE THEATRE National Grand Strategic Joint HQs Coalition Air Units Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC in JFAC HQ) Staffs: A1 - 9 + Nat'l Reps JFACC Coalition Land Units Joint Force Land Component Commander (JFLCC in JFLC HQ) Staffs: G1 - 9 + Nat'l Reps JFLCC Coalition Maritime Units Joint Force Maritime Component Commander (JFMCC in JFMC HQ) Staffs: N1 - 9 + Nat'l Reps JFMCC Other Components: LOGISTICS, MARINES, SF etc GRAND STRATEGIC MILITARY STRATEGIC OPERATIONAL TACTICAL Nat'l Reps Nat'l Reps Nat'l Reps JOINT TASK FORCE HQ (JTF HQ) Staffs: J1 - 9 + Nat'l Reps Joint Task Force Commander JTFC NGOs UN UN Secretary General UN SRSG GOVERNMENTS OGDs

15. GRID / Agent-enabled Intrastructure / Admin Tools Process Panel Common / Shared Intel Db1 MCA Coalition / JTFHQ Observers D'agent e-gent D'AO D'GO Db2 JFAC HQ AODB AL Plan MBP Plans Db3 CAOC / Combat Ops MBP Ops Event Panel CODB Db4 US National HQ AODB EMAA ALDB CAMPS Dbii Intel US UK National HQ Intel UK Dbi Other National HQ Other Gao Intel Gao Obs Dbiii NOMADS Guarded “Observers” UNSGSR UN Panel CoAX 18-month Demo - Agent Domains CYBERSPACE Weather Ariadne e-gentsMBNLI

16. The World (Binni) CYBERSPACE Browser Browser JFAC HQ Combat Ops The Coalition Process Panel Deconflict JTFHQ Laki e-gent AODB ALDB CAMPS Intel US US HQ Intel UK UK HQ MBP Ops Weather Viz SitView Event Panel FAST / MBP Plans M&S Pre-canned data to drive SitView out, authorised changes in. Plan changes out, deconflictions in 'Real-time' feed Plan changes in, deconflictions out MBNLI D'AO D'GO Gao Obs FirestormGO! KPAT MBNLI Grid / Common / Shared Coalition data Weather Ariadne XSLT Interface Grid helper ObsDb Observers 'db' JSTARS D'GO

17. CoAX

18. Grid / Common / Shared Coalition data JFAC HQ The Coalition JTFHQUS HQUK HQ Top-level task to JFACC and 3 sub-tasks Combat Ops Event Panel Events I-DEEL Part 1: 1505 - Firestorm media issue at UN - JTFC considers alternatives to Firestorm and tasks JFACC to report. UN Tasking Process Panel I-LEED COAs

19. Grid / Common / Shared Coalition data JFAC HQ Combat Ops The Coalition JTFHQUS HQUK HQ Process Panel Confirm task underway Report times to JTFC I-LEED Event Panel Events I-DEEL MBP Ops Evaluate timing info (First aircraft are already airborne, 48 minutes to commit, 106 mins left before TOT,) Part 2: 1515 - Cbt Ops staff enter tasking events into the Event Panel and use MBP Ops to find out time left for decisions.

20. The World (Binni) CYBERSPACE Grid / Common / Shared Coalition data JFAC HQ Combat Ops The Coalition JTFHQUS HQUK HQ Laki e-gent Browser (3) Subscribe Browser MBNLI (4, 8) Herd data Part 3: 1520 - Cbt Ops staff locate wildlife info via Internet. Staff subscribe to the e-Gents service. MBNLI used.

21. KAoS / The Grid JFAC HQ (5) e-gents on elephants are emailed and an info update requested (2) JFACC then requests information (RFI) about movements of mammals in the Firestorm area JTF HQ Laki Safari Park e e e e e e e Laki Safari Park Home Page Update Elephant Information WFPW Database (7) which then updates site data / data /content Sitedata (6) e-gents on elephants return updated data (1) JTFC requests confirmation the Firestorm won't create media problem over wildlife CAOC / Combat Ops (3) JFAC staff search web and find Laki web site and use subscribe link WebBrowser (4, 8) Non-english operator uses MNBLI to find out herd migration data MBNLIinterface WebBrowser

22. The World (Binni) CYBERSPACE Grid / Common / Shared Coalition data JFAC HQ Combat Ops The Coalition JTFHQ Ariadne US HQUK HQ M&S 'Pre-canned' elephant movement data Laki e-gent XSLT Interface (9) Wrap Part 4: 1525 - Combat Ops staff create feed from Laki site to MBP Ops / SitView using Ariadne wrapper / XSLT Translator.

23. KAoS / The Grid Laki Safari Park e e e e e e e Laki Safari Park Home Page Update Elephant Information WFPW Database JFAC HQ CAOC / Combat Ops (2) JFACC then requests information (RFI) about movements of mammals in the Firestorm area (10) Information returned... EP MBPOps SituationViewerHerdIconHerdData JTF HQ (1) JTFC requests confirmation that the Firestorm won't create media problem over wildlife (11) Response recieved PP Sitedata Ariadnewrapper (9) CAOC staff use Ariadne-wrapped site data to feed CAOC / observers domain XSLT Inter- face Agent

24. XSLT Interface (9) Wrap The World (Binni) CYBERSPACE Grid / Common / Shared Coalition data JFAC HQ The Coalition JTFHQUS HQUK HQ FirestormGO! Observers 'db' Provide Observer data D'GO Grid helper ObsDb Gao Obs D'AO JSTARS SitView 'Real-time' feed MBP Ops Part 5: 1526 - JTFC authorises Firestorm 'Go'. Laki / observer info dynamically redisplayed on MBP Ops / SitViewer.

25. The World (Binni) CYBERSPACE Grid / Common / Shared Coalition data JFAC HQ Combat Ops The Coalition JTFHQUS HQUK HQ Deconflict Plan changes in, deconflictions out MCA Event Panel Events I-DEEL Plan OK / not OK AODB ALDB Intel US Intel UK CODB Other 'plan' information Plan changes out, deconflictions in MBP Ops Part 6: 1535 - 2ndry target plan from MBP must now be deconflicted with existing plans.

26. Combat Ops I-DEEL (Chief of Combat Ops) 1) Event: avoid elephants - Entered into IDEEL MBP Ops 2) MBP Operator told to re-plan / revise to avoid elephants 4) MCA gets other plans from other agents (or from file or URL or stored in memory) 5) Progess reported to I-DEEL and finished [OK / NOT OK] MCA 3) MBP requests deconfliction of modified plans from MCA 6) MCA detailed results can be viewed in GUI Iterate

27. The World (Binni) CYBERSPACE Grid / Common / Shared Coalition data JFAC HQ Combat Ops The Coalition JTFHQUS HQUK HQ Intel US Intel UK M&S Pre-canned data to drive SitView out, authorised changes in. FirestormGO! SitView 'Real-time' feed Process Panel Event Panel Agadez Attack!!! Events I-LEED I-DEEL Interface NRT Data Agadez HVAA ObsDb D'AO Gao Obs Observers 'db' Grid helper JSTARS D'GO KPAT Go Part 7: 1601 - Agadez fighters start HVAA, JSTARS must 'regress' and observer agents on board 'SCRAM' elsewhere.

28. CoAX/Briefing - 28 CoAX Briefing Outline u Context and Scenario u What’s New u CoAX Binni 2001 Demo u Technical Detail u Next Steps u Transition Plans

29. CoAX/Briefing - 29 CoAX Technical Details u UWF/IHMC – Domain Management and Mobility & Security Services u Edinburgh/AIAI – Process and Event Panels u QinetiQ – Shared Visualisations and Data Translation u OBJS – eGents Agents Over E-mail u USC/ISI – Open Information Access u Michigan – Plan Coordination

30. CoAX/Briefing - 30 CoAX Agent Domains DM Group of agents registered with a common Domain Manager Can be distributed across multiple hosts Can be hierarchical/nested or “overlapping”(2002 implementation) Provides for common administration and enforcement of domain-wide, VM-specific, and agent-specific policies.

31. CoAX/Briefing - 31 CoAX Other Nation's 'Domain' US Country 'Domain' UK Country 'Domain' JFAC HQ's Organizational 'Domain' JTFHQ's Organizational 'Domain' Tactical Air Operations Functional 'Domain' Coalition Domain Types

32. CoAX/Briefing - 32 CoAX Policy Concerns Go Beyond Typical Security Issues u Access management: Who can access what services? u Registration management: Who can join the domain under what circumstances? u Resource management: Who can have which kind and how much of a given computing resource? u Mobility management: What constraints should be placed on mobile code? u Communication management: What constraints govern conversations among agents? u Obligation management: Are agents meeting their commitments?

33. CoAX/Briefing - 33 CoAX New Development: KAoS Agent Registration Helper u Generic KAoSGuard is instantiated automatically u Registration of Guard with Domain Manager handled u Guard enforces policies or delegates to other enforcers u Expanding set of policies that generic Guard can enforce u Domain Registration is handled automatically u KAoSAgentRegistrationHelper registers both with the Grid and with the Domain Manager u Domain Manager verifies that agent is guarded u Domain-aware agents will be able to: u register simultaneously with multiple domains u register and unregister at will u Collaboration with GITI resulted in many improvements in the latest CoABS Grid Release

34. CoAX/Briefing - 34 CoAX Next Steps: KAoS Policy Representation (KPR) u DAML (DARPA Agent Markup Language) extends *ML semantics: u XML allows users to add arbitrary structures u RDF extends XML, meaning expressed in subject-verb-object triples u DAML extends RDF to express taxonomies and inference rules u Is being defined by DARPA and the W3C (www.daml.org) u KPR Description u DAML-based ontologies u Distinguishes between authorizations and obligations u Provides basis for: u Policy conflict resolution u Policy disclosure management u Reasoning about actions u Policy specification

35. CoAX/Briefing - 35 CoAX NOMADS Mobility and Security u NOMADS adds mobility services to the CoABS Grid u Allows new agents to be launched to systems as needed u Allows agents to move across systems u Mobility may be forced (external event driven) or autonomous u Forced mobility scenario – Scramming agents from J-STARS to Ground Platform (18-month demo) u NOMADS provides secure execution of agents u Custom Aroma Java Virtual Machine provides extensive resource control capabilities u Enforces resource policies specified through KAoS u Protects against Denial-of-service attacks (shown in 9- month demo) u Dynamically adjusts resources based on mission priorities (30-month demo) u Working with Sun Labs to transition resource control into commercial Java

36. CoAX/Briefing - 36 CoAX Technical Details u UWF/IHMC – Domain Management and Mobility & Security Services u Edinburgh/AIAI – Process and Event Panels u QinetiQ – Shared Visualisations and Data Translation u OBJS – eGents Agents Over E-mail u USC/ISI – Open Information Access u Michigan – Plan Coordination

37. CoAX/Briefing - 37 CoAX Aim is a Workflow “Catch All” u Can take ANY requirement to: u Handle an issue u Perform an activity u Respect a constraint u Deals with these via: u Internal capabilities u External capabilities u Manual activity u Reroute or delegate to other panels or agents u Plan and execute a composite of these capabilities u Receives reports and interprets them to: u Understand current status of issues, activities and constraints u Understand current world state, especially status of process products u Help user control the situation u Copes with partial knowledge

38. CoAX/Briefing - 38 CoAX I-X Approach u The I-X approach involves the use of shared models for task directed communication between human and computer agents who are jointly exploring (via some process(es)) a range of alternative options for the synthesis of an artifact such as a design or a plan (termed a product). u I-X system or agent has two cycles: u Handle Issues u Respect Domain Constraints u I-X system or agent carries out a (perhaps dynamically determined) process which leads to the production of (one or more alternative options for) a synthesised artifact. u I-X system or agent views the synthesised artifact as being represented by a set of constraints on the space of all possible artifacts in the domain.

39. CoAX/Briefing - 39 CoAX I-TEST, I-LEED & I-DEEL DARPA CoABS Grid

40. CoAX/Briefing - 40 CoAX Technical Details u UWF/IHMC – Domain Management and Mobility & Security Services u Edinburgh/AIAI – Process and Event Panels u QinetiQ – Shared Visualisations and Data Translation u OBJS – eGents Agents Over E-mail u USC/ISI – Open Information Access u Michigan – Plan Coordination

41. CoAX/Briefing - 41 CoAX QinetiQ Technical Input u Storyboard & scenario data u Systems integration lead u Master Battle Planner u Flexible Visualisation u Use of Embodied Interface Agents / NLP u Translation and forwarding agents u Semantic Web Technology investigation

42. CoAX/Briefing - 42 CoAX Master Battle Planner

43. CoAX/Briefing - 43 CoAX Flexible Visualisation u Allow customisable visualisation of any coalition data u Map-based visualisation using OpenMap (BBN Technologies) u Multiple projections; terrain data etc u Layers allow clean separation of information and rapid addition of new requirements u Agent-enabled for distributed visualisation of dynamic data u Data translation allows almost any XML input...

44. CoAX/Briefing - 44 CoAX Flexible Visualisation

45. CoAX/Briefing - 45 CoAX Translation Agents u Agent using XSL Transformations allows complete reformatting of XML message u Input via Grid (active or passive), file, HTTP... u Automatic translation and forwarding once set up (to any number of agents). u Rapid integration and change possible due to declarative mapping u Result: general-purpose “glue” for agent integration

46. CoAX/Briefing - 46 CoAX Translation Agents Stylesheet Other Agents <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl= "http://www.w3.org/ 1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0"> <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/> <xsl:apply-templates select= "obs|obsvr"/> Grid HTTP Files

47. CoAX/Briefing - 47 CoAX Translation Agents Big_Bill 34.51.80E/17.01.70N 270 5 91 31 99 110/50 72 430 2012/09/24_17:00:00 Elephant_Big_Bill Elephant data from Egents Elephant Herd Leader

48. CoAX/Briefing - 48 CoAX Semantic Web u Investigations into Resource Description Framework (RDF), DARPA Agent Markup Language/Ontology Inference Layer (DAML+OIL) and the W3C Semantic Web initiative u “The way the web was meant to be” u Powerful and flexible storage and search of data - beyond databases u Potential for automated discovery and invocation of agents and services u Publication in SWWS

49. CoAX/Briefing - 49 CoAX RDF Browser

50. CoAX/Briefing - 50 CoAX Semantic Web - Examples u Backing knowledge base for SitViewer u Auto translation (unique names; URIs) u ACL (more flexible than XML) u Assembly of partial data, with timestamp, origin and other metadata u Markup of human-readable documents

51. CoAX/Briefing - 51 CoAX Technical Details u UWF/IHMC – Domain Management and Mobility & Security Services u Edinburgh/AIAI – Process and Event Panels u QinetiQ – Shared Visualisations and Data Translation u OBJS – eGents Agents Over E-mail u USC/ISI – Open Information Access u Michigan – Plan Coordination

52. CoAX/Briefing - 52 CoAX OBJS eGents: Agents over E-mail Thesis: Integration of agent technology with pervasive Web-ORB-E-mail backplanes is a route to making agent technology open, pervasive and robust. eGents are agents which communicate over e-mail. eGents leverages pervasive, robust email infrastructure, inherits support for disconnected operations, message queueing, mobile users, firewalls, filtering, logging, and security. eGents use FIPA or KQML Agent Communication Language (ACL) encoded in XML. No ACL parser needed. Status: Prototype, NEO demo, gridified, on wireless Palm. Spec submitted to FIPA. Problem CoAX Impact Approach Dynamic military situations are often disconnected and asynchronous. Need a scalable way to deliver agent messages to 1000’s of (wireless) platforms. Agent systems are often closed and require a lot of specialized agent technology. Email is a common denominator in coalition situations. By 2012 imagine free eGents attached to sensors, actuators, people, equipment, & locations as pervasive observers & actors Anyone with e-mail can create an agent service that anyone else can use. New eGent apps can be downloaded to the field as situations change. In one eGents application, each evacuees are given a Personal Status Monitor, which measures location, vital signs, etc. The PSM contains an eGent which intermittently communicates to subscribing entities using email protocols. Liaison Command Post Family Member Medevac Evacuees eGents Inside

53. CoAX/Briefing - 53 CoAX OBJS eGents: Agents over E-mail

54. CoAX/Briefing - 54 CoAX Technical Details u UWF/IHMC – Domain Management and Mobility & Security Services u Edinburgh/AIAI – Process and Event Panels u QinetiQ – Shared Visualisations and Data Translation u OBJS – eGents Agents Over E-mail u USC/ISI – Open Information Access u Michigan – Plan Coordination

55. CoAX/Briefing - 55 CoAX USC/ISI Open Information Access u Provide real-time access to Web data sources u Tools for learning wrappers to extract data for semi-structured sources u Agents learn the structure of data to support: u Source verification automatically detect when the source no longer provides correct data (possibly because the source has changed) u Source reinduction automatically revise wrapper when site change

56. CoAX/Briefing - 56 CoAX

57. CoAX/Briefing - 57 CoAX Technical Details u UWF/IHMC – Domain Management and Mobility & Security Services u Edinburgh/AIAI – Process and Event Panels u QinetiQ – Shared Visualisations and Data Translation u OBJS – eGents Agents Over E-mail u USC/ISI – Open Information Access u Michigan – Plan Coordination

58. CoAX/Briefing - 58 CoAX Some Solution Concepts u Agents’ plans can be represented hierarchically, where abstract levels summarize the (alternative) activities they encompass Operation_FirstAid FLY USS_H_Clinton Ingress1 FLY Egress2 USS_H_Clinton Provide_Supply Supply_via_Depot2 Supply_via_Trucks FLY Trucks Egress2 Supply_Trucks FLY Ingress1 Trucks FLY Depot2 Egress2 Supply_Depot2 FLY Ingress1 Depot2

59. CoAX/Briefing - 59 CoAX Some Solution Concepts (cont) u Abstract plan spaces can be searched more efficiently (top-down) to discover potential conflicts and to evaluate potential resolutions u Choosing the level for resolving conflicts balances coordination effort with the quality of concurrent activity and plan robustness

60. CoAX/Briefing - 60 CoAX Top-Down Coordination

61. CoAX/Briefing - 61 CoAX Top-Down Coordination

62. CoAX/Briefing - 62 CoAX Top-Down Coordination

63. CoAX/Briefing - 63 CoAX Top-Down Coordination

64. CoAX/Briefing - 64 CoAX Top-Down Coordination

65. CoAX/Briefing - 65 CoAX Top-Down Coordination

66. CoAX/Briefing - 66 CoAX Top-Down Coordination

67. CoAX/Briefing - 67 CoAX Top-Down Coordination

68. CoAX/Briefing - 68 CoAX Top-Down Coordination

69. CoAX/Briefing - 69 CoAX MCA: Multi-Level Coordination Agent u MCA implemented as a Grid-aware service u Demonstrated applicability in various tasks u MCA integrated into Coalition Agents eXperiment TIE u Receives intended plan information from Master Battle Planner, along with plans from “other” allied agents u Notifies user(s) through process panel of any conflicts and alternative ways of deconflicting u Respects hard time commitments of MBP and of activities already in progress u Allows user to select an option (or none)

70. CoAX/Briefing - 70 CoAX Deconfliction Options

71. CoAX/Briefing - 71 CoAX Future Plans u Increasing the ability to work quickly and effectively in non-episodic cases (e.g., incremental coalition formation) u Distributing MCA services across multiple agents to improve reliability and scalability u Design and analyze extensions for efficiently discovering and exploiting synergistic interactions u Experiment on increasingly difficult (Coalition) scenarios u Transition: CoAX, STRATCOM?, NASA-JPL

72. CoAX/Briefing - 72 CoAX Briefing Outline u Context and Scenario u What’s New u CoAX Binni 2001 Demo u Technical Detail u Next Steps u Transition Plans

73. CoAX/Briefing - 73 CoAX CoAX Binni 2002 (Fall 2002) Demo Plan u u Dynamic “come as you are” coalition formation u u Dynamic creation of ‘virtual coalition organization’ u u Agents and domains added to coalition structure ‘on-the-fly’ u u Dynamic coalition tasks and processes u u Tailored visualizations / interface agents u u Tools to improve human / software agent interaction u u High-level tools usable without specialized training u u Packaged generic Grid services: u u Domain management and DAML-based policy analysis u u Task, process, and event management u u Involvement of more countries and organizations u u USA – BBN – Mixed initiative agents & dynamic information flow u u Australia – DSTO – Logistics planning and information analysis u u Canada – DREV - discussions begun

74. CoAX/Briefing - 74 CoAX Briefing Outline u Context and Scenario u What’s New u CoAX Binni 2001 Demo u Technical Detail u Next Steps u Transition Plans

75. CoAX/Briefing - 75 CoAX CoAX Transition Program 2000200120022003 CoAX Binni CoAX Air (MC/JFEX 2002) CoAX Navy? (FBE-J, OC 2004) CoAX International? CoAX Rescue? (Civilian)

76. CoAX/Briefing - 76 CoAX CoAX Transition Plan u CoAX "PI Team" clarified: Jeff Bradshaw (UWF/IHMC), Austin Tate (AIAI, Edinburgh), Patrick Beautement and Mike Kirton (QinetiQ, Malvern). u Structure for outreach or transitioning of the CoAX work: u CoAX Binni u CoAX Air u CoAX Navy u CoAX Rescue u Agreements u Name CoAX used only if approved by the PI Team u Any number of current CoAX and other participants u Lead need not be a member of PI Team u Report back to CoAX participants will be given u CoAX “Outreach Program" structure allows for future flexibility and possibilities u CoAX International u CoAX Rescue – Civilian Disaster Relief u KSCO – Knowledge Systems for Coalition Operations

77. W E N S Cape Vincent Cape Amstado Caca Kaso Lagoon Amisa Jacal Pra Ankobra Tana Ofin Afram Daka Black Caca Kapowa White Caca Mawli LAKE CACA AGADEZ GAO Binni Laki Safari Park

79. CoAX/Briefing - 79 CoAX GRID / Agent-enabled Infrastructure / Admin Tools CoAX 2002 Demo - Agent Domains (Draft) UK National HQ Intel UK Dbi CYBERSPACE Weather Ariadne e-Gent Laki Arabello HQ Intel ASW Dbii Intel US US National HQ CAMPSSitViewer EMAA AODBCODBALDB Dbiii Coalition / JTFHQ Common / Shared Intel Db1 Process Panel DeconflictSitViewer Decision Desktop Intel feed / 'fusion' ObserversD'agente-Gent D'AOD'GO Db2 JFAC HQ Rel AODB AL Plan FAST / MBP Plans Db3 JAOC / Combat Ops FAST / MBP Ops Rel CODB Db4 SitViewer Event Panels Browser Browser JFMC HQ 'Combat Support System' Db5 Browser Event Panels Task Force COC ASW ??? Rel ??? Db6 SitViewer Event Panels Browser Rel ??? Sys Admin Logdata KPAT Weather Cell Weather Localdata Other Gao Obs Gao Gao Intel Dbiv

80. CoAX/Briefing - 80 CoAX Further Details u http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/project/coax/ u Materials for this briefing are at: http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/project/coax/darpa/