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COLLABORATIVE MULTI-LEVEL PLAN MONITORING
COLLABORATIVE MULTI-LEVEL PLAN MONITORING

Author(s): Jean Berger, Mohamad K. Allouche
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Regional Department of Defense Resources Management Studies
Keywords: Plan Monitoring; Execution Management; Alarm Management; Resource Management; Multi-Agent Systems; Distributed Monitoring

Summary/Abstract: The recent worldwide connectivity and the net-centricity of military operations (coalition-based operations) are witnessing an increasing need for the monitoring of plan execution for enhanced resource management and decision making. Monitoring of ongoing operations is the process of continuous observation recording and reporting. In this process the plan becomes a resource that needs to be managed effi ciently. The centralized approach to plan monitoring soon reaches its limits when plan execution is distributed across different organizations/countries. We propose a new framework that would allow different monitoring nodes distributed across the network. An effi cient propagation mechanism that allows information exchange between the different nodes would also be needed. The main purpose of this mechanism is to present the right information, to the right person, at the right time. To cope with a rapid increase of information fl ow through the network, an effi cient alarm management mechanism allows the presentation of the information with an appropriate level of details.

  • Issue Year: 2/2011
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 13-20
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English
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