Applying an AI Planner to Military Operations Planning

Abstract

This paper describes a prototype system for quickly developing joint military courses of action. The system, SOCAP (System for Operations Crisis Action Planning), combines a newly extended version of an AI planning system, SIPE--2 (System for Interactive Planning and Execution), with a color map display and applies this technology to military operations planning. This paper describes the Socap problem domain, how SIPE--2 was used to address this problem, and the strengths and weaknesses of our approach. i Contents 1 Introduction 1 2 Military Operations Crisis Action Planning 2 3 The SIPE-2 Planning System 4 3.1 Describing the Domain in SIPE-2 : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 6 3.2 The User Interface in SIPE-2 : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 7 3.3 Interactive Planning : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 10 3.4 Scheduling : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 10 4 SOCAP -- System for Operations Crisis Action Planning 12 4.1 Applying Operators :...