DDD-III: A Research Paradigm for Abstracting Joint C3 Scenarios for Tier-1Experiments

摘要

Advances in communications technology and computers have made possible tremendousleaps forward in real-time Command and Control (C2). This revolution in C2 capability will provide decisionmakers (DMs) in the Joint military organization with an unparalleled tactical and strategic picture of the battlefield ('Global Awareness'). The ways in which DMs having Global Awareness coordinate their information, resources and activities to fulfill the organization's mission is the focus of the Adaptive Architectures for Command and Control (A2C2) project. In order to examine these command and control issues empirically, the A2C2 project required a multi-player real-time simulation environment. A new computer model was needed to abstract 'real world' problems into a controlled laboratory environment. The result was the Distributed Dynamic Decisionmaking (DDD-III) paradigm. The phase one experiment of the A2C2 project was designed to validate the DDD-III paradigm, with emphasis on the manipulation of organizational variables. This document reviews the project objectives, DDD-III capabilities, experiment one scenarios and scenario development issues. The scenario generator users guide and players tutorial, developed during phase one, are provided. The intent of this document is to link the phase one experiment to the next, more advanced phase of the A2C2 project.