David N. Allsopp

Coalition Agents Experiment: multiagent cooperation in international coalitions

The Coalition Agents Experiment aims to show that multi-agent systems offer effective tools for dealing with complex real-world problems by enabling agile and robust coalition operations and interoperability between heterogeneous military systems.

Autonomous agents and multi –agent systems (AAMAS) for the military – issues and challenges

The military domain is a very challenging environment and human endeavour in this domain is characterized by uncertainty and the need to be able to deal with significant and disruptive dynamic changes. In addition, activities are driven by human decision-makers who need support in making sense of the environment and with reasoning about, and effecting, possible futures. Hence, various unique factors need to be taken into account when considering the provision of applications, tools, devices and infrastructure for the military domain. This paper will itemize and discuss some of these factors in the context of autonomous agents and multi-agent systems. This paper is a desiderata for the research space.

Armed services: challenges for military distributed systems

This paper discusses the relevance of agent-based and service-based approaches to the technical and organizational transformation sought by modem armed forces. It describes the rationale for using these approaches, potential benefits, and challenges - which are both organizational and technical. It then identifies gaps and areas for research including service discovery, support for a wide range of interaction patterns, and operation over low-bandwidth networks.