Accession Number:

ADA247758

Title:

Using Expert Systems in Mine Warfare

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis

Corporate Author:

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA

Personal Author(s):

• Lu, Han-Chung

Report Date:

1991-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

90.0

Abstract:

Historically, sea mines warfare have played an important role in warfare, which a naval officer cannot afford to neglect. During the recent mine campaign in the Middle East involving Iran an Iraq, commanders delayed decisions on whether or not to deploy mine countermeasure MCM forces. As a result, damage occurred to ships in a minefield that could have been prevented by the speedy application of MCM. Before the operational mission commenced, there are several uncertain questions in the mind of the commander Do the mine-fields exist Which country laid the mines What type of delivery platform laid the mines Where are the mines What kind of mines are they Do we need to deploy the MCM forces Previously, these kinds of fuzzy questions were very difficult to answer by a tactical principle. In this thesis, the probabilistic inference network in the expert system environment is used to answer the above questions. The probabilistic inference network method is supported by the certainty factors. Calculations involving quantitative probabilities for answers to the above questions could enable the MCM experts to offer suggestions to the commander for reducing the ships vulnerability at sea during wartime.

Descriptors:

• *COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
• *EXPERT SYSTEMS
• *MINE WARFARE
• WARFARE
• DELIVERY
• IRAQ
• SHIPS
• ENVIRONMENTS
• DAMAGE
• MIDDLE EAST
• NAVAL MINES
• IRAN
• WARTIME
• APPLIED MATHEMATICS
• OCEANS
• NETWORKS
• MINE COUNTERMEASURES
• VULNERABILITY
• MINEFIELDS
• THESES
• PLATFORMS
• MISSIONS

Subject Categories:

• Computer Programming and Software
• Undersea and Antisubmarine Warfare

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE