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High Level Information Fusion

Michael Lewis and Katia Sycara (September 2001-August 2006) "Information Fusion for Command and Control: from Data to Actionable Knowledge and Decision" Air Force Office of Scientific Research

 
chartAFOSR contract F49640-01-1-0542
Simply bringing more raw information to decision makers in the battlefield cannot help due to pre-existing cognitive overload while naïve approaches to computer-mediated information fusion and automated decision making may make things worse by hiding needed data or confusing situational awareness. For future information processing and planning systems, we need an in-depth understanding of the cognitive processes of the user being aided, coupled with innovative approaches for real-time information fusion at all levels. In collaboration with researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, Northrop Grumman Corp., and the Munitions Directorate of AFRL we are investigating new techniques for directing attention using active annunciation. This work is part of a project investigating the use of intelligent agents for information fusion and distribution in a comprehensive battlefield information system.
 

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