LeeRoy Bronner, Ph.D., P.E.

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Integrating Multi-Agent Technology with Cognitive
Modeling to Develop an Insurgency Information
Framework (IIF)

• LeeRoy Bronner, Ph.D., P.E.
• Master Student Akeila Richards
• Morgan State University
• Department of Industrial, Manufacturing, and
  Information Systems Engineering
• 5200 Perring Parkway
• Baltimore, MD 21251

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Agenda

• Overview
• Why This Research?
• Definitions
• Problem Definition
• Insurgency Research System
• Methodology
• Agent Development Environment
• Object-Oriented Development Life Cycle
• Model Driven Architecture
• Multi-Agent Development Process
• Tools Requirements
• Conclusion

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Why This Research?

• This Research Addresses Decision Support
• Systems
• Rapid and Accurate Decision Making That
• Improves Over Time (Adaptive Systems)
• This Research Provides A System Approach
  
• For Resolving Problems That Arise in Social
  
• System Environments
• Develop A Framework For Decision Making
• This Research Does Not Address Prediction!

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Definitions
Insurgency an armed rebellion by any irregular
armed force that rises up against an established
authority, government, or administration. Those
carrying out an insurgency are insurgents.
Insurgents conduct sabotage and harassment.
Insurgents usually are in opposition to a civil
authority or government primarily in the hope of
improving their condition. Terrorism
systematic use of terror, manifesting itself in
violence and intimidation. Those carrying out
terrorism are terrorist. Terrorist conduct
violence for the purpose of creating fear in
order to achieve a political, economic,
religious, or ideological goal. Framework A
logical structure for classifying and organizing
complex information.
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Problem Definition

• The Army is constantly seeking to better
• understand the social phenomena of insurgency
• as it assumes a peacekeeping role in the Iraqi
• region and as it combats the elevated death tolls
• associated with insurgency.
• The problem to be addressed by this research is
• 1. How can insurgency data best be researched,
  defined and presented to military leaders for
  decision making?
• How can decisions be observed and evaluated to
  measure the potential impact on lives in a war
  zone?

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Sample Insurgency Questions That might be
Addressed by This Research
How are insurgencies planned for and what is the
process? How are insurgencies carried out and
what is the process? Are there any
consistencies in the locations and surroundings
where insurgencies are carried out? Why are
more Iraqi women becoming insurgents?
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Insurgency Research System
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METHODOLOGY
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Agent Oriented Development Environment
User
Interacts With
Verifies
Knowledge
Guides
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Object-Oriented Development Life Cycle
Implemented using Enterprise Architect
Reference Tsang, Curtis, et al.,
Object-Oriented Technology, McGraw Hill, 2005.
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Model Driven Architecture (MDA)
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BDI Agent System
Jadex BDI Architecture Goal-Oriented Reasoning
Engine
Agent BDI Model
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Multi-Agent Systems
Reference Jennings, Nick, Agent-Based
Computing Promise and Perils, Presentation,
Dept of Electronics and Computer Science,
University of Southampton.
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3D Electronic Institution Concept
Only systems that have a high degree of
interactions need to be structured in order to
avoid violations
Reference Bogdanovych, Esteva, et al, A
Methodology for developing MAS as 3D Electronic
Institutions, Proceedings from 8th International
Workshop on Agent Oriented Software Engineering
(AOSE'07).
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Integrated Multi-Agent Development Process
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Runtime Architecture
Reference Bogdanovych, Esteva, et al., A
Methodology for developing MAS as 3D Electronic
Institutions, Proceedings from 8th International
Workshop on Agent Oriented Software Engineering
(AOSE'07).
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Tools Requirements

• Analysis
• Microsoft Visio
• iGrafx FlowCharter
• Enterprise Architect
• UML
• Development
• JADE
• Jadex
• JESS
• Java
• EIDE
• Visualization
• Second Life

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Development of an Insurgency Information
Framework Using Multi-Agent Technololgy
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Conclusion

• Application of software engineering technology
  can support advanced
• sociological analysis in combating the Insurgency
  Crisis
• Developing an IIF enables the Army to extract
  significant knowledge useful in making more
  informed decisions
• Integrating the IIF model with a Software
  Engineering Technology Workbench provides a
  structure that can be updated, verified, and
  easily integrated with other models
• Modeling behavior through the application of
  Distributed MAS implemented in a 3D virtual world
  environment allows decision makers to
• Model behavior of objects
• Choose/ observe actions of human like entities
• Calculate/ measure paths to outcomes
• Assess outcomes
• Initiate treatment and/ support
• Reform policy
• The social computing methodology can support
  decision making in any sociological environment

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