Distributed battle management for command and control

Author

Rebbapragada, V. Lakshmi

Author_Institution

Res. Dev. & Eng. Center, US Army CECOM, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

2-5 Oct 1994

Firstpage

542

Abstract

The essence of distributed battle management (DBM) is to provide timely and relevant information to the battle commander and staff, to support timely command and control decisions to accomplish the mission. What makes the DBM, different and more challenging than the distributed information management of non-military applications, is the battlefield dynamics and the nature of tactical communications, both of which require innovative approaches to information distribution, to support the battle command decision making process in a timely manner. The article examines the concepts, approaches and technology challenges for DBM

Keywords

command and control systems; distributed databases; distributed decision making; military communication; military computing; battle command decision making process; battlefield dynamics; command and control; distributed battle management; distributed information management; information distribution; tactical communications; Command and control systems; Control systems; Decision making; Environmental management; Information management; Knowledge management; Object oriented modeling; Space technology; Uncertainty; Weapons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 1994. MILCOM '94. Conference Record, 1994 IEEE

Conference_Location

Fort Monmouth, NJ

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1828-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.1994.473912

Filename

473912