Accession Number:

ADA183745

Title:

Naval C(3) Distributed Tactical Decisionmaking.

Descriptive Note:

Quarterly technical rept. 1 Apr-30 Jun 87,

Corporate Author:

MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE LAB FOR INFORMATION AND DECISION SYSTEMS

Personal Author(s):

• Athans,Michael
• Levis,Alexander H.

Report Date:

1987-07-31

Pagination or Media Count:

37.0

Abstract:

Progress on eight research problems addressing distributed tactical decisionmaking is described. Topics include Real Time situation assessment Real time resource allocation Impact of informational discrepancy Constrained distributed problem solving Evaluation of alternative organizational architectures Asynchronous protocols Information support structure Integration of results Keywords Command control and communication Distributed decisionmaking Organization theory Petri nets.

Descriptors:

• *COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS
• *DECISION MAKING
• *TACTICAL COMMUNICATIONS
• ALLOCATIONS
• ARCHITECTURE
• COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS
• ORGANIZATIONS
• PROBLEM SOLVING
• REAL TIME
• RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
• THEORY

Subject Categories:

• Command, Control and Communications Systems

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE