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Data Administration for Modelling & Simulation 27 August 2002 by Peter Arwanitis, IABG

HEERESAMTKÖLN. Data Administration for Modelling & Simulation 27 August 2002 by Peter Arwanitis, IABG. Presented at the 19th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MILITARY OPERATIONS RESEARCH at Eynsham Hall, 26 August - 30 August 2002. Not again! The Quest for the Holy Grail of Interoperability.

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Data Administration for Modelling & Simulation 27 August 2002 by Peter Arwanitis, IABG

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  1. HEERESAMTKÖLN Data Administration forModelling & Simulation27 August 2002 by Peter Arwanitis, IABG Presented at the 19th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MILITARY OPERATIONS RESEARCHat Eynsham Hall, 26 August - 30 August 2002

  2. Not again!The Quest for the Holy Grail of Interoperability The really unofficial working title:                                                         Today:Approach of the GE Army in M&S domain

  3. Introduction You are? We are • GE Army, Heeresamt I 1 (4) (German Army Office) • Responsible to build up a M&S • Integrated System of Systems / Integrated Data Network • to serve National and Allies with validated data • from distributed and heterogeneous data sources • OR-Studies for Army Development & Procurement • OR-Support for Military Operations (DST) • Training & Exercises • IABG mbH • Their industrial partner with long time experience in • NATO Data Administration Standards and • Pioneer in national Data Administration for C2-Systems

  4. Outline • Our Battlefield Analysis • What is the definition of BLUE & RED in our problem domain? So what is our MISSION? • The Art of War • What is our philosophy, strategy, techniques and weapons? • Fighting our Battle • A glance on our actual and near future results & capabilities • Points of Contact & Questions

  5. Our Battlefield Analysis BLUE • Point of View • We are outside any specific OR discipline or level • Every bit of algorithm, SW-module, OR-system is a single weapon, data the ammunition • individual crafted from experts for a specific task • number of this weapons only in GE is enormous • Definition & discussion about effectiveness of such a single weapon or a related group: Is your job! • To look at all weapons and data to support you under common aspects: Is our job!

  6. Our Battlefield Analysis RED • RED is not actual an enemy, it‘s an increasing set of requirements • Cost Reducing Programs • Reducing and restructuring of GE Forces • Drastic changes in expecting manpower expenditure • Tendency to multirole / multipurpose weaponsystems • Drastically shorten timelines in procurement and operations • Maximum flexibility for mostly unknown future scenarios

  7. Our Battlefield Analysis MISSION • Modeling & Simulation is a key for • procurement • training & exercises • mission planning and support • mission analysis • Our Mission • Investigate, Concentrate,Control & Distribute own M&S potential • Flexible orchestrate common OR-scenarios to answer new questions • Do this in Time & Cost and with a predictable Quality of Service Make OR combat ready!

  8. The Art of War The Redshift Phenomenon • Look at the expansion of your M&S universe • diversification & specialisation on mind and system level • Where is Intelligence, Compatibility, Standards? • Where in fact is Interoperability? Where is information management? • Good idea, but: Don‘t change experts or existing systems! Support them in their language & skills!

  9. The Art of War Babelfish Technology (and what is „godlike“ in military terms?) • It‘s time! Everyone puts his Babelfish in his preferred ear! Ok, perfect real-time understanding! Not??? • Unfortunately a Babelfish is a fictional godlike language converter, directly connected with your brain and linked to a gigantic database. • In military terms: A central authoritative agency • They are doing the converter job • They are the keeper of the “Holy Grail of Interoperabilty”(as the common language and their translations) • They are doing this job to be useful for all levels of user and for the benefit of new knowledge

  10. The Art of War Our Workbench Philosophy • We have defined our mission & processes in terms of • (MASS-)PRODUCTION • producing the semantic M&S Ontology, • producing the translations (cross-walk), • producing flexible IT-support for Data-Administration, Management and Exchange • and not as an INDIVIDUAL, CREATIVE ART • counter-productive from this point of view in terms of time, cost & transparency • So we have to build a flexible workbench • based on open and transparent tools • fit them in an assembly line (framework) • store and retrieve in- & output in a warehouse

  11. Fighting our Battle Semantic Expressiveness • Founded on NATOLC2IEDM (formerly ATCCIS) • Semantic model of the battlefield for C2 systems • Resolution fitted for Battalion/Brigade and upon • Action oriented with Subject-Predicate-Object pattern • Divided in Object-Templates and real Object-Item container • Additional main concepts: Capability, Location • Semantic AddOn concepts for use in M&S • Ballistic, Biology & Medicine • Accuracy & Error (physical, functional till mission level) • Lethality, Vulnerability • Statistic and 3D geometry • Technical design data and assembly lists (material & human)

  12. Fighting our Battle Technical Workbench Aspects • If there is anything to connect: Do it with XML! • Development in Python • The real language for a moving target development • XML-Process Framework • Toolbox of systems and components as XML-components • Modelling of chains and nets of processes • Distribution of components and data via web • Integrated important lexical sources • LEXIS (authorised military translation database) • WordNet • Searchengine with expert-language interface

  13. Fighting our Battle Our Capabilities (end 2002) • Catalogue of • OR-System interface descriptions (approx. 14 systems) • related static and dynamic exchange data • Cross-Walks (mappings) from heterogeneous interfaces to GE Corporate Data Model M&S • On top • VV&A, analysis and common scenario developing (in 2003) upon unified semantic • tracing data along their life-cycle • Distribution through seamless Data Exchange of • static and scenario data and reintegration of the results

  14. Points of Contact Questions • Military POC • Heeresamt I 1 (4), Cologne • MAJ Zimmermann • bernd1zimmermann@bundeswehr.org • Industry POC • IABG mbH, Munich • Dr. Stefan Krusche krusche@iabg.de • Peter Arwanitis arwanitis@iabg.de • Download this powerpoint • http://www.dm-forum.org/ftp/ismor19.zip

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