Research Summaries

Back Determine a Shannon-Entropy-Based Decision Making Process to use in Launching a Weapon Autonomously from an Unmanned Vehicle

Fiscal Year 2016
Division Research & Sponsored Programs
Department Naval Research Program
Investigator(s) Sweeney, Joseph W.
Sponsor NPS Naval Research Program (Navy)
Summary The introduction of Unmanned Vehicles in the military forces has opened a new arena for actual combat activity. Force commanders today rely on someone’s personal assessment of the target to confirm its identity prior to releasing weapons from any launch vehicle. With a UXV, this requires communication linkage from the UXV to the individual making this assessment, and relaying that confirmation back to the Force Commander. This study will examine the current decision-making process and develop an entropy-based methodology for enforcing acceptable enforcement of Rules of Engagement (ROE) processes within the UXV. Once the process has been developed, this model will be run through simulations to determine expected results of weapon deployment against the potentially identified target, to include the expected collateral damage results as well.
Keywords Decision Process ROE UAV UXV Weaponized
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